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Correlates of caregiving satisfaction: Prerequisites to elder home care
Author(s) -
Worcester Martha Iles,
Quayhagen Mary P.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.4770060205
Subject(s) - institutionalisation , situational ethics , caregiver stress , family caregivers , path analysis (statistics) , gerontology , nursing homes , psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , dementia , nursing , psychiatry , disease , social psychology , mathematics , pathology , statistics
In this comparative study, a path analytic model was used to identify variables predictive of satisfaction in providing care to elderly family members, and to determine differences in the predictor variables between past and present caregivers as potential precipitators of institutionalization. Nineteen current caregivers and 29 past caregivers were recruited from health agencies in a rural area. Demographic predictors of caregiving satisfaction included age and sex of the client and age of the caregiver; psychological problems of the client influenced caregiver satisfaction. Measures of situational stress (medical, psychological, environmental) revealed that the past caregivers had higher psychological and environmental stress and less life satisfaction than current caregivers. Additional analysis revealed that the most common pattern of nursing home admission was hospitalization of the client for physical illness, with subsequent physician‐recommended nursing home placement. Areas of identified need for preventing premature relinquishing of the caregiving role are discussed.