A typology of caregiving spouses of geriatric patients without dementia: caring, worried, desperate.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An increasing number of older people in Germany receive care at home from family members, particularly from spouses. Family care has been associated not only with subjective burden but also with negative effects on caregivers' health. A heterogeneous group, caregivers are confronted with individual situational demands and use different available coping strategies. To date, little is known about the relationship between burden and coping by spousal caregivers, particularly in the context of geriatric patients without dementia.

Objectives

The aim of this study is to explore the burden and coping strategies of caregiving spouses of geriatric patients without dementia and with a hospitalization within the last year. To help explore this population, a typology is prese

SUBMITTER: Gehr TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8419985 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature