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KMID : 0379220090290041591
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2009 Volume.29 No. 4 p.1591 ~ p.1609
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The Impact of Family Caregiving for the Elderly with Dementia on Depression in the United States: Does the Relationship of Caregivers to Care Recipients Matter?
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Baek Ju-Hee
Steven H. Zarit
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Abstract
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Adult child caregivers and spousal caregivers might deal with differential challenges. Studies about caregivers’ psychological outcomes, however, tended to investigate associations between caregiving and its outcomes by pooling adult child caregivers and spousal caregivers together. By using a U. S. sample of family caregivers who assisted a relative with dementia, this study examined whether the relationship of caregivers to care receivers (daughter caregivers or spousal caregivers) made a difference in levels of depressive symptoms. The result showed that wife caregivers were more likely to be depressed than daughter caregivers. For daughter caregivers, role overload, role captivity, and behavior problems significantly influenced on depression. Besides these variables, the level of education was a significant predictor for wife caregivers. Role captivity and behavior problems significantly impacted on depression for husband caregivers. Thus, role captivity and behavioral problems were common predictors for all the caregivers. Specifically, higher levels of role captivity and behavioral problems were likely to make caregivers more depressed. The implication of these results were discussed.
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KEYWORD
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Spousal Caregivers, Daughter Caregivers, Caregiver Depression, Caregiver Stress Process
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