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Older Caregivers’ Positive and Negative Experiences With Caregiving
U.S. population growth is greatest amongst the oldest-old who are most likely to need temporary or permanent reliance on formal or informal care-giving. With co-survival of older spouses, and greater longevity, informal care-giving is increasingly provided by older adults for other older adults. Lit...
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2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7742036/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.243 |
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author | Chisholm, Latarsha Unruh, Lynn Lamanna, Jacqueline |
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description | U.S. population growth is greatest amongst the oldest-old who are most likely to need temporary or permanent reliance on formal or informal care-giving. With co-survival of older spouses, and greater longevity, informal care-giving is increasingly provided by older adults for other older adults. Little is known about the positive and negative care-giving experiences of older informal caregivers. This observational study examines the relationship between the care-giving situation and the positive and negative perceptions of care-giving in caregivers age 65 and older. A survey of 108 older informal caregivers utilizes well-validated instruments to measure perceptions of two positive (positive self image, positive life) and two negative (stress, uncertainty) experiences due to care-giving. Regressions statistically assess the relationship between care-giving situations and these positive and negative perceptions. We find that while some care-giving situations, such as higher amounts of unpaid support, are related to positive care-giving experiences, others, such as care-giving a recipient with a greater number of ADL deficits, having more care-giving responsibilities, and having increased hours of work due to care-giving, are related to more negative experiences. Some situations, such as lower income and greater involvement in care-giving, are related to both positive and negative perceptions. Higher levels of emotional support were related to mixed positive and less negative perceptions of care-giving. Result indicate that healthcare system and community support is needed to provide opportunities for unpaid support and assistance with caregivers of recipients with a high number of ADL deficits and caregivers who have more care-giving responsibilities. |
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spelling | pubmed-77420362020-12-21 Older Caregivers’ Positive and Negative Experiences With Caregiving Chisholm, Latarsha Unruh, Lynn Lamanna, Jacqueline Innov Aging Abstracts U.S. population growth is greatest amongst the oldest-old who are most likely to need temporary or permanent reliance on formal or informal care-giving. With co-survival of older spouses, and greater longevity, informal care-giving is increasingly provided by older adults for other older adults. Little is known about the positive and negative care-giving experiences of older informal caregivers. This observational study examines the relationship between the care-giving situation and the positive and negative perceptions of care-giving in caregivers age 65 and older. A survey of 108 older informal caregivers utilizes well-validated instruments to measure perceptions of two positive (positive self image, positive life) and two negative (stress, uncertainty) experiences due to care-giving. Regressions statistically assess the relationship between care-giving situations and these positive and negative perceptions. We find that while some care-giving situations, such as higher amounts of unpaid support, are related to positive care-giving experiences, others, such as care-giving a recipient with a greater number of ADL deficits, having more care-giving responsibilities, and having increased hours of work due to care-giving, are related to more negative experiences. Some situations, such as lower income and greater involvement in care-giving, are related to both positive and negative perceptions. Higher levels of emotional support were related to mixed positive and less negative perceptions of care-giving. Result indicate that healthcare system and community support is needed to provide opportunities for unpaid support and assistance with caregivers of recipients with a high number of ADL deficits and caregivers who have more care-giving responsibilities. Oxford University Press 2020-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7742036/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.243 Text en © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Abstracts Chisholm, Latarsha Unruh, Lynn Lamanna, Jacqueline Older Caregivers’ Positive and Negative Experiences With Caregiving |
title | Older Caregivers’ Positive and Negative Experiences With Caregiving |
title_full | Older Caregivers’ Positive and Negative Experiences With Caregiving |
title_fullStr | Older Caregivers’ Positive and Negative Experiences With Caregiving |
title_full_unstemmed | Older Caregivers’ Positive and Negative Experiences With Caregiving |
title_short | Older Caregivers’ Positive and Negative Experiences With Caregiving |
title_sort | older caregivers’ positive and negative experiences with caregiving |
topic | Abstracts |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7742036/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.243 |
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