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When the caregiver needs care: The plight of vulnerable caregivers

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  • Navaie-Waliser, M.
  • Feldman, P.H.
  • Gould, D.A.
  • Levine, C.
  • Kuerbis, A.N.
  • Donelan, K.

Abstract

Objectives. This study examined the characteristics, activities, and challenges of high-risk informal caregivers. Methods. Telephone interviews were conducted with a nationally representative cross-section of 1002 informal caregivers. Vulnerable caregivers with poor health or a serious health condition were compared with nonvulnerable caregivers. Results. Thirty-six percent of caregivers were vulnerable. Compared with nonvulnerable caregivers, vulnerable caregivers were more likely to have difficulty providing care, to provide higher-intensity care, to report that their physical health had suffered since becoming a caregiver, to be aged 65 years or older, to be married, and to have less than 12 years of education. Conclusions. Reliance on informal caregivers without considering the caregiver's ability to provide care can create a stressful and potentially unsafe environment for the caregiver and the care recipient.

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  • Navaie-Waliser, M. & Feldman, P.H. & Gould, D.A. & Levine, C. & Kuerbis, A.N. & Donelan, K., 2002. "When the caregiver needs care: The plight of vulnerable caregivers," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 92(3), pages 409-413.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2002:92:3:409-413_0
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    1. Rose Rubin & Shelley White-Means, 2009. "Informal Caregiving: Dilemmas of Sandwiched Caregivers," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 30(3), pages 252-267, September.
    2. Shu-Yu Lyu & Ruey-Yu Chen & Liang-Ting Tsai & Shih-fan Steve Wang & Feng-En Lo & Ying-Chen Chi & Donald E. Morisky, 2014. "Female Media Use Behavior and Agreement with Publicly Promoted Agenda-Specific Health Messages," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-12, December.
    3. Courtney van Houtven & Edward Norton, 2006. "Economic Effects of Informal Care," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES), vol. 142(V), pages 13-22.
    4. M Khurram Malik & KS Jacob, 2015. "Psychological morbidity among co-residents of older people in rural South India: Prevalence and risk factors," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 61(2), pages 183-187, March.
    5. Xichenhui Qiu & Janet W H Sit & Fung Kuen Koo, 2018. "The influence of Chinese culture on family caregivers of stroke survivors: A qualitative study," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(1-2), pages 309-319, January.
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    7. María Lisseth Morales Aliaga & Tomoko Ito & Takehiro Sugiyama & Timothy Bolt & Nanako Tamiya, 2021. "Association between Having Cancer and Psychological Distress among Family Caregivers Using Three Years of a Nationwide Survey Data in Japan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-11, October.

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