Open AccessDoes Type of Disease Matter? Gender Differences Among Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease Spouse Caregivers
Author(s) -
Karen Hooker,
Margaret Manoogian-O'Dell,
Deborah J. Monahan,
Leslie D. Frazier,
Kim Shifren
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/40.5.568
Subject(s) - spouse , psychology , coping (psychology) , disease , anxiety , clinical psychology , mental health , social support , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , pathology , sociology , anthropology
Mental health outcomes are widely reported among spouse caregivers, with wives generally faring worse than husbands. We hypothesized that gender differences would not be as strong in a cognitively intact group because caring for cognitively intact spouses may involve less severe reciprocity losses. We also examined gender differences in coping strategies within each group.
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