Participation and interest in support services among family caregivers of older adults with cancer.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to describe distressed and underprepared family caregiver's use of and interest in formal support services (eg, professional counseling, education, organizational assistance). METHOD:Cross-sectional mail survey conducted in communities of 8 cancer centers in Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida (response rate: 42%). Family caregivers of Medicare beneficiaries with pancreatic, lung, brain, ovarian, head and neck, hematologic, and stage IV cancers reported support service use and completed validated measures of depression, anxiety, burden, preparedness, and health. RESULTS:Caregivers (n = 294) were on average age 65 years and mostly female (73%), White (91%), and care recipients' spouse/partner (60%); patients averaged 75 years were majority male (54%) with

SUBMITTER: Dionne-Odom JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5840039 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature