Role Importance, Affectional Solidarity, and Depression Among Familial Caregivers for Older Adults
Description:
In the United States, familial caregivers provide approximately 80% of the long term elderly care and are at risk for mental health problems. As family members provide care, relationships shift from mutual support to increasing dependency on the caregivers, who in turn often experience a shift in self-concept from their prior relational role to include identification as caregiver for the care recipient. Affectional solidarity, or emotional relationship quality, can influence how caregivers expe…
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Date:
August 2014
Creator:
Benson, Karen M.