Multifactorial Examination of Caregiver Burden in a National Sample of Family and Unpaid Caregivers

CONCLUSIONCaregiver characteristics and provision of caregiving tasks determine caregiver burden more than care recipient characteristics. Absence of an association between type of a care recipient's chronic conditions and burden, except for dementia, suggests that the tasks that caregivers who assist older adults with a variety of health conditions undertake shape the experience of caregiving.

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Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - November 19, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Catherine Riffin, Peter H. Van Ness, Jennifer L. Wolff, Terri Fried Tags: Clinical Investigation Source Type: research