Caregiver Mental Health Across Generations.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We evaluated generational differences in caregiver mental and social health to assess the need for targeted interventions for specific generations or age groups.

Methods

We utilized cross-sectional 2022 data from a national caregiver survey. Using the cohort-based, life course framework, across n = 537 caregivers and n = 537 demographically matched non-caregivers, we tested the impact of generation, caregiving status, and generation-by-caregiving status interaction on psychological distress, social isolation, and life meaning using ANOVAs.

Results

Results revealed significant effects of generation and caregiving status on mental health and social isolation, as well as a generational effect on life meaning (ps < .001). Post-hoc analyses revealed

SUBMITTER: Gallagher VT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12851570 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature