Caregiver satisfaction with support services: influence of different types of services.
OBJECTIVE
This article examines factors influencing satisfaction with support services of caregivers of frail older adults and determines what types of support services are associated with greater satisfaction, controlling for frail individual and caregiver characteristics.


METHODS
The study includes 291 frail older adults-caregiver dyads from Montreal in which caregivers receive support services. The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 is used to measure caregiver satisfaction with these services.


RESULTS
Caregivers receiving information, advice, or emotional support, and those caring for seniors receiving integrated care are more likely to be highly satisfied. Other factors increasing satisfaction are fewer number of health problems of frail individuals, caregiver being the spouse of the frail person, as well as greater caregiver perceived health, autonomy in instrumental activities of daily living, and available social support.


CONCLUSIONS
The results support the importance of integrated care for frail seniors and informational services for their caregivers.
Savard
Jacinthe
J
Faculte de Medicine, Universite de Montreal, C.P.6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montreal (Quebec) H3C 3J7, Canada. savard.gelinas@sympatico.ca
Leduc
Nicole
N
Lebel
Paule
P
Beland
Francois
F
Bergman
Howard
H
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017028:Caregivers; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D017281:Cost of Illness; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011792:Quebec; D012944:Social Support