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- Title
Burden and Health among Japanese Family Caregivers of the Frail Elderly in an Aging Society.
- Authors
Toko Imamura; Masakazu Washio
- Abstract
Objectives: To investigate how to reduce burden of family caregivers of the frail elderly and to improve their health. Design: Cross sectional study. Subjects and Methods: 101 pairs of the frail elderly and their family caregivers participated in this study. All of them used visiting nursing services. Caregivers completed self-administered questionnaires about their care burden and various factors that may affect their care burden. Caregivers were divided into two groups: (i) heavily burdened group (n = 41) and (ii) less burdened group (n = 60). Results: More than half of caregivers (57.4%) were 65 years old or older. Heavily burdened caregivers were older than less burdened caregivers. Compared to their counterparts, they were more likely to be depressed and spent more time on physical caregiving and watching their charges. Compared to their counterparts, heavily burdened caregivers were more likely to want to use social services such as regular daytime respite care, regular help for caregiving, and 24-hour home help. Conclusion: Since old caregivers are at high risk at long-term care, we should support old caregivers so that they will be able to continue caregiving at home as well as to consult with physicians with their own health.
- Subjects
JAPAN; RESPITE care; CROSS-sectional method; BURDEN of care; HEALTH status indicators; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; PSYCHOLOGY of caregivers; AGING; QUESTIONNAIRES; MENTAL depression; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; SOCIAL services; BARTHEL Index
- Publication
International Medical Journal, 2021, Vol 28, Issue 2, p171
- ISSN
1341-2051
- Publication type
Article