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Caregiver Confidence: Does It Predict Changes in Disability among Elderly Home Care Recipients?
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Li, Lydia W.; McLaughlin, Sara J. – Gerontologist, 2012
Purpose of the study: The primary aim of this investigation was to determine whether caregiver confidence in their care recipients' functional capabilities predicts changes in the performance of activities of daily living (ADL) among elderly home care recipients. A secondary aim was to explore how caregiver confidence and care recipient functional…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Caregivers, Older Adults, Caregiver Attitudes
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
Negative Impact and Positive Value in Caregiving: Validation of the COPE Index in a Six-Country Sample of Carers
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Balducci, Cristian; Mnich, Eva; McKee, Kevin J.; Lamura, Giovanni; Beckmann, Anke; Krevers, Barbro; Wojszel, Z. Beata; Nolan, Mike; Prouskas, Constantinos; Bien, Barbara; Oberg, Birgitta – Gerontologist, 2008
Purpose: The present study attempts to further validate the COPE Index on a large sample of carers drawn from six European countries. Design and Methods: We used a cross-sectional survey, with approximately 1,000 carers recruited in each of six countries by means of a common standard evaluation protocol. Our saturation recruitment of a designated…
Descriptors: Correlation, Foreign Countries, Test Validity, Surveys
Taking "Women's Work" "Like a Man": Husbands' Experiences of Care Work
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Calasanti, Toni; King, Neal – Gerontologist, 2007
Purpose: We adopted a feminist, structural approach to husbands' experiences of caring for wives with Alzheimer's disease. This framework posited that men and women draw upon gender repertoires--situational ideals of behavior based upon their respective structural locations--that create gendered experiences of stress and coping strategies. Design…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Spouses, Females, Whites
Resident Outcomes of Medicaid-Funded Community Residential Care
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Hedrick, Susan C.; Sales, Anne E. B.; Sullivan, Jean H.; Gray, Shelly L.; Tornatore, Jane; Curtis, Michael; Zhou, Xiao-Hua Andrew – Gerontologist, 2003
Purpose: Washington State's initiatives to increase the availability and quality of community residential care presented an opportunity to describe clients entering adult family homes, adult residential care, and assisted living and to identify outcomes of care. Design and Methods: We enrolled 349 residents, 243 informal caregivers, and 299…
Descriptors: Residential Care, State Programs, Community Health Services, Interviews