Caregiver role appraisal and caregiver tasks as factors in ending caregiving.
This study focuses on factors related to why people with primary responsibility for providing care to ADL-impaired elderly persons ended their caregiving roles. Data are from the 1982 National Long-Term Care Survey and the Informal Caregiver Survey. Variables reflecting characteristics of care recipients and caregivers, caregiver role responsibilities, and appraisal of the caregiver role are investigated. Of particular interest is the influence of role responsibilities, such as number of ADL tasks, relative to appraisal of the caregiving role. The results indicate that factors other than role responsibilities are important in understanding who ends caregiving, and that risk factor profiles may prove a useful means of targeting caregivers at greatest risk of ending caregiving.
Kasper
J D
JD
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205.
Steinbach
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Andrews
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006302:Health Services Research; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D012380:Role; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014481:United States