Psychosocial and cognitive health differences by caregiver status among older Mexican Americans. Academic Article

abstract

• This study identifies the risk and protective factors associated with informal caregiving by older (70years) Mexican Americans and profiles caregiving arrangements. Overall, a greater number of informal caregivers (n=92) were married and female. They also had higher physical functioning and better cognition than non-caregivers (n=1,888) but fewer visited a physician regularly. Informal caregivers also showed an increased risk of depressive symptoms. A third of caregivers spent more than 20h/day caregiving and the majority (84%) of care recipients were family members. In order to support the efforts of this disproportionately burdened caregiver group, increased social support and healthcare services are needed.

authors

• Ory, Marcia
• Smith, Matthew

published proceedings

• Community Ment Health J

author list (cited authors)

• Herrera, A. P., Mendez-Luck, C. A., Crist, J. D., Smith, M. L., Warre, R., Ory, M. G., & Markides, K.

citation count

• 34

complete list of authors

• Herrera, Angelica P||Mendez-Luck, Carolyn A||Crist, Janice D||Smith, Matthew Lee||Warre, Ruth||Ory, Marcia G||Markides, Kyriakos

publication date

• February 2013

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Community Mental Health Journal  Journal

keywords

• Acculturation
• Activities Of Daily Living
• Adaptation, Psychological
• Age Factors
• Aged
• Aged, 80 And Over
• Caregivers
• Cognition Disorders
• Depression
• Family
• Female
• Health Care Surveys
• Health Services Needs And Demand
• Humans
• Interviews As Topic
• Male
• Mexican Americans
• Quality Of Life
• Regression Analysis
• Social Support
• Socioeconomic Factors
• Stress, Psychological
• Surveys And Questionnaires

PubMed Central ID

• 22311331

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s10597-012-9494-1

start page

• 61

end page

• 72

volume

• 49

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-012-9494-1