Health of Vietnamese Older Adults and Caregiver's Psychological Status in the United States: Result from the Vietnamese Aging and Care Survey.

CONCLUSIONS: This study showed care recipients and caregivers' years of education were positively associated with caregivers' psychological distress. Vietnamese families lived in ethnic enclaves and shared caregiving responsibilities within the family. However, using available outside resources may alleviate psychological distress of not only caregivers but also families as a whole. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Healthcare professionals should encourage educated caregivers and educated care recipients to use outside resources to ease caregiving duties. PMID: 32543347 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Gerontologist - Category: Geriatrics Tags: Clin Gerontol Source Type: research