Positive aspects of Alzheimer's caregiving: the role of race.
We examined differences in positive aspects of caregiving (PAC) among 275 African American and 343 Caucasian caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease from the National Institutes of Health Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Care Health (REACH) study sites in Birmingham, Memphis, and Philadelphia. African Americans reported higher scores on PAC than did Caucasians. African Americans' higher religiosity partially mediated the relationship between race and PAC. Additional variables that contributed to their higher PAC scores were African Americans' lower anxiety, lower feelings of bother by the care recipient's behavior, and lower socioeconomic status.
School of Social Work and Center for Mental Health and Aging, University of Alabama, P.O. Box 870314, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA. lroff@sw.ua.edu
Lucinda Lee
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Roff
Louis D
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Burgio
Laura
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Gitlin
Linda
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Nichols
William
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Chaplin
J Michael
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Hardin
D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease; D044383:Black People; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American