Prevalence and impact of caregiving: a detailed comparison between dementia and nondementia caregivers. Academic Article

abstract

• Analyzing data from more than 1,500 family caregivers from the 1996 National Caregiver Survey, this study documents the ways in which dementia care is different from other types of family caregiving. Not only do dementia caregivers spend significantly more hours per week providing care than nondementia caregivers, they also report greater impacts in terms of employment complications, caregiver strain, mental and physical health problems, time for leisure and other family members, and family conflict. Differential impacts remain even after controlling for intensity of caregiving involvement and sociodemographic factors. Study findings suggest the need to tailor programs and services to the unique challenges faced by dementia caregivers.

authors

• Ory, Marcia

published proceedings

• Gerontologist

altmetric score

• 9

author list (cited authors)

• Ory, M. G., Hoffman, R. R., Yee, J. L., Tennstedt, S., & Schulz, R.

citation count

• 672

complete list of authors

• Ory, MG||Hoffman, RR||Yee, JL||Tennstedt, S||Schulz, R

publication date

• April 1999

publisher

• Oxford University Press (OUP)  Publisher

published in

• The Gerontologist  Journal

keywords

• Activities Of Daily Living
• Adult
• Aged
• Caregivers
• Cost Of Illness
• Dementia
• Family
• Female
• Geriatric Assessment
• Health Care Surveys
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Regression Analysis
• Surveys And Questionnaires
• Time Factors
• United States
• Workload

PubMed Central ID

• 10224714

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1093/geront/39.2.177

start page

• 177

end page

• 185

volume

• 39

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geront/39.2.177