title: The influence of caregiving and bereavement support on adjusting to an older relative's death.
abstract: This study examines the influence of both caregiving social support to an impaired older relative and bereavement social support to a surviving caregiver on that caregiver's bereavement adjustment. Although past research has considered the link between bereavement support and adjustment to a loved one's death, the influence of support to the care recipient has not been investigated. Analyses of prospective panel data from 73 spouse and adult-child caregivers show caregiving support characteristics to be more important for bereavement adjustment than support provided to the surviving caregiver after their relative's death.
authors.affiliation: Margaret Blenkner Research Center, Benjamin Rose Institute, Cleveland, OH 44115-1989.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Bass
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Noelker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001601:Bereavement; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012944:Social Support