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End-of-Life Caregiver's Perspectives on Their Role: Generative Caregiving
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Phillips, Linda R.; Reed, Pamela G. – Gerontologist, 2010
Purpose: To describe caregivers' constructions of their caregiving role in providing care to elders they knew were dying from life-limiting illnesses. Design and Methods: Study involved in-depth interviews with 27 family caregivers. Data were analyzed using constant comparative analysis. Results: Four categories were identified: centering life on…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Caregivers, Death, Caregiver Role
Concordance of Family and Staff Member Reports about End of Life in Assisted Living and Nursing Homes
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Rich, Shayna E.; Williams, Christianna S.; Zimmerman, Sheryl – Gerontologist, 2010
Purpose: To identify differences in perspectives that may complicate the process of joint decision making at the end of life, this study determined the agreement of family and staff perspectives about end-of-life experiences in nursing homes and residential care/assisted living communities and whether family and staff roles, involvement in care,…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Familiarity, Death, Interaction
Long-Term Adaptation to Institutionalization in Dementia Caregivers
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Gaugler, Joseph E.; Pot, Anne Margriet; Zarit, Steven H. – Gerontologist, 2007
Purpose: Longitudinal research in dementia has acknowledged the importance of transitions during the course of family caregiving. However, long-term adaptation to institutionalization has received little attention. This study attempts to describe caregivers' adaptation (changes in stress, well-being, and psychosocial resources) to placement up to…
Descriptors: Dementia, Adolescents, Adjustment (to Environment), Caregivers