We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Caregiving in Quarantine: Evaluating the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Adult Child Informal Caregivers of a Parent.
- Authors
Archer, Jesse; Reiboldt, Wendy; Claver, Maria; Fay, John
- Abstract
Informal caregivers form a shadow workforce projected to become even more essential as the U.S. population ages. Most are untrained in the role and manage caregiving with competing life demands that compound burden and threaten the welfare of the older adults in their care. The 12-item Zarit Burden Interview measure was employed to investigate differences in subjective burden before and during the Covid-19 pandemic among adult children who are primary informal caregivers of a parent. Additionally, this study explored family composition to determine if the presence of siblings or dependent children affected burden scores. A convenience sample (N = 77) reported significantly more burden since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic when compared to pre-pandemic burden. Since the pandemic began, those with living siblings reported less burden than those without siblings, while there was no difference in burden between sandwich generation caregivers and those providing care only for a parent. This study's results point to the role family plays in resilience during a crisis and emphasizes the need to promote efficient supports and networks to alleviate caregiver burden.
- Subjects
COVID-19 pandemic; CAREGIVERS; ADULT-child relationships; FAMILY roles; BURDEN of care; FRAIL elderly
- Publication
Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, 2021, p1
- ISSN
2333-7214
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/2333721421990150