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Black, Helen K.; Santanello, Holly R. – Gerontologist, 2012
Objective: The purpose of this study was to qualitatively explore family reaction to the death of the elderly husband and father in the family. Methods: We qualitatively interviewed 34 families (a family included a widow and 2 adult biological children) approximately 6-15 months after the death. In private, one-on-one in-depth interviews, we…
Descriptors: Family Attitudes, World Views, Grief, Death
Werner, Perla; Mittelman, Mary S.; Goldstein, Dovrat; Heinik, Jeremia – Gerontologist, 2012
Purpose: The stigma experienced by the family members of an individual with a stigmatized illness is defined by 3 dimensions: caregiver stigma, lay public stigma, and structural stigma. Research in the area of mental illness suggests that caregivers' perception of stigma is associated with increased burden. However, the effect of stigma on…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Mental Disorders, Social Bias, Caregivers
Reamy, Allison M.; Kim, Kyungmin; Zarit, Steven H.; Whitlatch, Carol J. – Gerontologist, 2013
Purpose of the Study: Cross-sectional evidence indicates that family caregivers reporting on the importance of daily care values and preferences of individuals with mild-to-moderate dementia consistently report less importance than individuals with dementia (IWDs) self-report. Discrepancy is primarily associated with caregivers' beliefs about…
Descriptors: Well Being, Dementia, Caregiver Attitudes, Values
Ashida, Sato; Hadley, Donald W.; Goergen, Andrea F.; Skapinsky, Kaley F.; Devlin, Hillary C.; Koehly, Laura M. – Gerontologist, 2011
Purpose: This study evaluates the role of older family members as providers of social resources within familial network systems affected by an inherited cancer susceptibility syndrome. Design and Methods: Respondents who previously participated in a study that involved genetic counseling and testing for Lynch syndrome and their family network…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, Cancer, Genetics, Parent Child Relationship
Fingerman, Karen L.; Pillemer, Karl A.; Silverstein, Merril; Suitor, J. Jill – Gerontologist, 2012
Purpose: As Baby Boomers enter late life, relationships with family members gain importance. This review article highlights two aspects of their intergenerational relationships: (a) caregiving for aging parents and (b) interactions with adult children in the context of changing marital dynamics. Design and Methods: The researchers describe three…
Descriptors: Baby Boomers, Aging (Individuals), Family Relationship, Caregivers
Sun, Fei; Durkin, Daniel W.; Hilgeman, Michelle M.; Harris, Grant; Gaugler, Joseph E.; Wardian, Jana; Allen, Rebecca S.; Burgio, Louis D. – Gerontologist, 2013
Purpose: Literature on institutionalization of patients with dementia has not considered the role of caregivers' quality of care, which encompasses caregivers' exemplary care (EC) behaviors and caregivers' potentially harmful behaviors (PHBs) toward care recipients. This study sought to understand the role of quality of care in mediating between…
Descriptors: Dementia, Caregivers, Behavior, Caregiver Attitudes
Kramer, Betty J.; Kavanaugh, Melinda; Trentham-Dietz, Amy; Walsh, Matthew; Yonker, James A. – Gerontologist, 2010
Purpose: Guided by an explanatory matrix of family conflict at the end of life, the purpose of this article was to examine the correlates and predictors of family conflict reported by 155 spouses and adult children of persons with lung cancer. Design and Methods: A cross-sectional statewide survey of family members of persons who died from lung…
Descriptors: Spouses, Conflict, Cancer, Adolescents
Perkins, Molly M.; Ball, Mary M.; Kemp, Candace L.; Hollingsworth, Carole – Gerontologist, 2013
Purpose: This article, based on analysis of data from a mixed methods study, builds on a growing body of assisted living (AL) research focusing on the link between residents' social relationships and health. A key aim of this analysis, which uses the social convoy model as a conceptual and methodological framework, was to examine the relative…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Older Adults, Models, Interpersonal Relationship
Wolff, Jennifer L.; Giovannetti, Erin R.; Boyd, Cynthia M.; Reider, Lisa; Palmer, Sara; Scharfstein, Daniel; Marsteller, Jill; Wegener, Stephen T.; Frey, Katherine; Leff, Bruce; Frick, Kevin D.; Boult, Chad – Gerontologist, 2010
Purpose: Guided Care (GC) is a model of health care for multimorbid older adults that is provided by a registered nurse who works with the patients' primary care physician (PCP). The purpose of this study was to determine whether GC improves patients' primary caregivers' depressive symptoms, strain, productivity, and perceptions of the quality of…
Descriptors: Nurses, Chronic Illness, Caregivers, Goal Orientation
Fingerman, Karen L.; VanderDrift, Laura E.; Dotterer, Aryn M.; Birditt, Kira S.; Zarit, Steven H. – Gerontologist, 2011
Purpose: Black and White middle-aged adults typically are in a pivot position of providing support to generations above and below. Racial differences in support to each generation in the family remain unclear, however. Different factors may account for racial differences in support of grown children versus aging parents. Design and Methods:…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Adults, Racial Differences, Whites
Corcoran, Mary A. – Gerontologist, 2011
Purpose: An increasing number of elderly individuals are diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (ADRD), many of whom receive daily caregiving from spouse or adult child. Caregiving is a "cultural activity," and as such it is strongly influenced by sociocultural beliefs about caregiving and how it should be enacted.…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Behavior, Alzheimers Disease, Intention
Johnson, David Kevin; Niedens, Michelle; Wilson, Jessica R.; Swartzendruber, Lora; Yeager, Amy; Jones, Kelly – Gerontologist, 2013
Purpose: Although declines in memory and attention are hallmark symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD), noncognitive symptoms are prevalent. Over 80% of individuals will experience neuropsychiatric symptoms, which complicates symptom profiles. Research indicates a community-integrated response to dementia crisis can reduce negative consequences…
Descriptors: Health Care Costs, Alzheimers Disease, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
Guberman, Nancy; Lavoie, Jean-Pierre; Blein, Laure; Olazabal, Ignace – Gerontologist, 2012
Purpose: Many Baby Boomers are faced with the care of aging parents, as well as that of disabled or ill spouses or children. This study examines how Baby Boomers in Quebec, Canada, perceive and play their role as caregivers and how this might differ from their parents' generation. Design and methods: This was a qualitative and empirical study…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Baby Boomers, Parent Child Relationship, Generational Differences
Rich, Shayna E.; Williams, Christianna S.; Zimmerman, Sheryl – Gerontologist, 2010
Purpose: To identify differences in perspectives that may complicate the process of joint decision making at the end of life, this study determined the agreement of family and staff perspectives about end-of-life experiences in nursing homes and residential care/assisted living communities and whether family and staff roles, involvement in care,…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Familiarity, Death, Interaction
Teri, Linda; McKenzie, Glenise; Logsdon, Rebecca G.; McCurry, Susan M.; Bollin, Salli; Mead, Jennifer; Menne, Heather – Gerontologist, 2012
The need for evidence-based non-pharmacological community programs to improve care of older adults with dementia is self-evident, considering the sheer numbers of affected individuals; the emotional, physical, and financial toll on affected individuals and their caregivers; the impact on our health care system; and the growing availability of…
Descriptors: Dementia, Older Adults, Caregivers, Community Programs