Increased Care Provision and Caregiver Wellbeing: Moderation by Changes in Social Network Care Provision.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Previous research links increased care provision to worse wellbeing among family and friend caregivers, both before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We expand on this by incorporating data on caregivers' social networks and exploring the relationships between own and network changes in care during the pandemic and caregiver wellbeing.

Methods

We use nationally representative data from 1,876 family and friend caregivers in the first wave of our Care Network Connections over Time study (fielded 12/17/2020-1/4/2021) who had provided care continuously since before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Caregivers were asked about the amount of care that they and each member of their social networks were providing at the time of the survey relative to

SUBMITTER: Kirkegaard A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10997277 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature