Caregiver Coping Strategies

Wilcox, Sara; O'Sullivan, Paula; King, Abby C.

doi:10.1300/j018v23n01_08

Cited by 19 publications

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“…Given the fact that sons have been less likely to serve as dementia caregivers than daughters, much of the research on filial caregiving has related to daughters (e.g., Depp et al, 2005;Ward-Griffin, Oudshoorn, Clark, & Bol, 2007). In a comparison of the coping strategies of wives and daughter as caregivers (Wilcox, O'Sullivan, & King, 2001), there were similarities in psychological measures (burden, stress, depression, anger) but differences in coping strategies, with daughters more likely than mothers to use adaptive problem-focused coping and less likely to use maladaptive coping strategies of blaming others and self-blame. The latter strategies were correlated with "anger-in" and "anger-control," measured by Spielberger's Anger Expression Scale.…”

Section: Caregiver-care Recipient Relationshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rural Caregivers for a Family Member With Dementia

et al. 2014

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Forecasts of increasing prevalence of dementia in rural settings, coupled with reliance on family caregiver support, indicate that a greater understanding of caregiver distress in these contexts is necessary. The purpose of this study was to examine family caregiver burden and severity of distress on the day that a family member was diagnosed with dementia at a memory clinic that serves a rural population. Participants in this retrospective study were 231 primary family caregivers of a rural community-dwelling person with dementia. On the diagnostic day, women reported more burden and severity of distress than men and spouses reported more severity of distress than adult children. A structural equation model was not supported for the entire sample, but was supported for women caregivers only (n = 161). Caregiver distress related to dementia-specific behaviors explained both global distress and burden. Patients' functional decline was related to caregiver burden.

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Section: Caregiver-care Recipient Relationshipmentioning

confidence: 99%