Medical Care Activities Among Spouses of Older Adults With Functional Disability: Implications for Caregiving Difficulties and Gains.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Spouses of older adults with functional disability often provide help with their partner's medical care. Yet little is known about the implications of these activities for spouses' caregiving experiences. We examined how spouses' medical care activities are linked to both positive and negative aspects of caregiving (difficulties and gains), and whether these associations vary by their age, gender, or education.

Design

Retrospective analysis of data from the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study and National Study of Caregiving cross-sectional studies.

Setting

Caregivers and care recipients/proxies were interviewed by telephone at home.

Participants

Nationally representative U.S. sample of 345 spousal caregivers and their community-dwelling care

SUBMITTER: Polenick CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5650913 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature