Nursing home placement (NHP) is stressful both for older adults and for their family caregivers. This descriptive survey research investigated family caregivers' attitudes toward aging, their emotional appraisal of nursing home placement, and their reactions to caregiving roles. Eighty-eight survey packets were mailed and 35 usable packets were returned for a response rate of 39.5%. Sixty-four ...

Abstract Family caregivers are critical sources of support to older adults living with disabilities, but they also need cope caregiving stress and difficulties brought by the process. This study aimed explore associations between family transfers (i.e., time transfer financial transfer), perceived caregiving, among disabilities. Respondents were randomly selected from 6 urban districts rural to...

While there has been considerable interest in studying ethnically diverse family caregivers, few studies have investigated the influence of dementia caregiving on Latino families. The current study includes participants from two sites of the REACH (Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health) project to compare well-being, appraisal, and religiosity by ethnicity, with specific attentio...

OBJECTIVE Prior research has documented caregiving difficulties in families of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, Latino families may encounter unique challenges. The purpose of this study was to understand the caregiving experiences of Latino families with children with ASD, including daily activities, coping strategies, and service utilization. METHOD Fifteen Latino pare...

OBJECTIVE This study was designed to assess the impact of caregiving on the lives of the caregivers. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted between July and September 2015 at a teaching hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Participants who were more than 18 years old and were involved in caregiving (former or current) of a family member were invited to participate in the study. The participa...

Dysfunctional ways of thinking and coping with caregiving have been associated worse caregivers’ cardiovascular health. The objective this study is to analyze the associations between knowledge about Alzheimer’s disease, dysfunctional thoughts, experiential avoidance, blood pressure. Participants were 123 family caregivers a relative dementia. Path analysis was used association assessed variabl...

BACKGROUND The aim of the current study is to determine the effects of caregiving on bereavement outcome. The study will address two important gaps in the research literature: (1) the relationship between pre-death distress and post-death outcomes and (2) family caregivers' anticipation and preparation of the death of the person for whom they care. METHODS/DESIGN We will conduct a longitudina...