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Families Caring for Elders in Residence: Issues in the Measurement of Burden
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This paper examines the concept of caregiving burden and urges a multidimensional perspective in which burden is viewed as a mediating force between the elders' impairments and the impact that caregiving has on the lives of caregivers and their families. The analysis underscores the need to apply the concept of burden to subjective interpretations by caregivers of the elders' different kinds of impairments including impairment of activities of daily living, cognitive incapacity, disruptive behavior, and lack of sociability. The analysis also demonstrates that a variety of less subjective effects of caregiving are important and measureable. These issues are elaborated and illustrated using data and findings from the Benjamin Rose Institute's survey of 614 families in which impaired elders resided with and were provided care by family members.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Poulshock, S. W., & Deimling, G. T.
- Affiliations
- Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging (US)
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
- ORCID
- Deimling, G. T.
- Venue
- Journal of Gerontology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1984-03-01
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 230-239
- ISSN
- 0022-1422 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2016101351
- Cited by
- 582
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 50.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Gerontology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Nursing care and research
- Social Sciences › Life-span and Life-course Studies › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Keywords
- caregiver burden, family caregivers, older adults, activities of daily living, cognitive impairment, disruptive behavior, sociability, family caregiving
- MeSH terms
- Activities of Daily Living, Aged, Attitude, Behavior, Cognition, Family, Home Nursing, Humans
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