Social Support, Caregiver Burden, and Life Satisfaction in a Sample of Rural African American and White Caregivers of Older Persons With Dementia

Kaufman, Allan V.; Kosberg, Jordan I.; Leeper, James D.; Tang, Maggie

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“…Life satisfaction is an individual's subjective well-being that represents a person's quality of life (QOL) (Anand and Arora, 2009;Kaufman et al, 2010). QOL is a concept that is evaluated based on own goals, concerns, cultures, expectations, standards, living places and value systems that a person has (Netuveli and Blane, 2008).…”

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An Investigation on Predictors of Life Satisfaction Among the Elderly

Eshkoor¹,

Hamid²,

Chan³

et al. 2015

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In the elderly, the perception of life satisfaction and quality of life are related to many factors such as healthy life-span, chronic illnesses, expectations and self-perception of ageing. This study aimed to determine the effects of variables including age, employment, education, cognition, ethnicity, debt, sex differences, intimacy capability, sleep hours, taking salary, home ownership status, and living with a partner on life satisfaction in the Malaysian elderly. This project recruited 2322 subjects who were non-institutionalized Malaysian elderly aged 60 years and above. Life satisfaction was measured by asking in general 'Are you satisfied with your current life'. The multiple logistic regression analysis was used to predict the effects of susceptible variables on life satisfaction in subjects. Approximately, 90.4 % of samples reported that they were satisfied with their current life. The results of multiple regression analysis showed that ethnic Malay (odds ratio [OR] = 1.50; p = 0.014), and living with a partner (OR = 1.51; p = 0.015) were significantly associated with the higher level of life satisfaction in respondents (p<0.05). Age, employment, cognition, debt, education, taking salary, intimacy capability, sex differences, sleep hours, and home ownership status did not show any significant effects on life satisfaction in subjects (p>0.05). It was concluded that ethnic Malay and living with a partner prominently enhanced the level of life satisfaction in respondents.

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An Investigation on Predictors of Life Satisfaction Among the Elderly

Eshkoor¹,

Hamid²,

Chan³

et al. 2015

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“…Despite negative connotations, however, men are increasingly assuming the role of caregiver. But as a consequence of the predominance of women in that role, the efforts of men are notably overlooked (Bullock, 2005(Bullock, , 2007Campbell, 2010;Fazio & Nguyen, 2005;Gerstel & Gallagher, 2001;Hurd & Rogers, 1998;Kaufman, Kosberg, Leeper, & Tang, 2010).…”

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Male kinship caregivers: Do they differ from their female counterparts?

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Children and Youth Services Review

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“…Home care staff note that rural caregivers may be reluctant to use services in the area and may not request help until a crisis situation emerges (Morgan et al, 2002). Despite the drawbacks of being a caregiver of a PWD in a rural setting, rural caregivers do express somewhat high levels of social support (Kaufman, Kosberg, Leeper, & Tang, 2010). Social support in rural areas, despite its potential negative consequences (e.g., community members misunderstanding the dementia condition and criticizing the caregiver's care decisions), does provide benefits, such as access to informal networks and less social isolation (O'Reilly & Strong, 1997a).…”

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Mental Health in Rural Caregivers of Persons With Dementia

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Informal caregiving for dementia is common and often affects caregiver mental health. In addition to typical stressors faced by caregivers of persons with dementia (PWDs), rural caregivers often face additional stressors associated with living in more remote locations; unfortunately, this group is largely understudied. Ninety-three caregiver-PWD dyads completed measures of social support, perceived control, self-efficacy, burden, and cognitive functioning. Measures of PWD activities of daily living and mental functioning were also collected. These variables were hypothesized to predict caregiver self-reported symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. Contrary to predictions, only caregiving-related self-efficacy and caregiver burden predicted the caregiver's mental health. Future interventions for improving rural caregiver self-reported mental health should target cognitions associated with caregiving self-efficacy and caregiver burden. Health care providers for rural families should focus on ways to reduce feelings of caregiver burden and provide caregivers with useful skills and tools for caregiving.

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Social Support, Caregiver Burden, and Life Satisfaction in a Sample of Rural African American and White Caregivers of Older Persons With Dementia

Cited by 85 publications

References 34 publications

An Investigation on Predictors of Life Satisfaction Among the Elderly

An Investigation on Predictors of Life Satisfaction Among the Elderly

Male kinship caregivers: Do they differ from their female counterparts?

Mental Health in Rural Caregivers of Persons With Dementia

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