Exploring the Psychometric Properties of the Questionnaire on Family Members Adapting to an Older Adult's Admission to a Nursing Home (CAFIAR-15) in a Colombian Sample

Institutionalization to a nursing home can be one of the most significant and traumatic events in a senior's life, and for their family. For this reason, it is especially important to have validated instruments that evaluate the family member's adaptation to admitting the senior to a nursi...

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Published in:Behavioral sciences 2021-12, Vol.12 (1), p.4
Main Authors: Martín-Carbonell, Marta, Riquelme-Marín, Antonio, Fernández-Daza, Martha, Ortigosa-Quiles, Juan Manuel, Méndez-Mateo, Inmaculada
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Adjustment
Caregivers
Dementia
family adjustment
Geriatrics
inequalities
Institutionalization
Nostalgia
nursing home
Nursing homes
Older people
Poverty
psychometric properties
Quality of life
Quantitative psychology
questionnaire development
Questionnaires
Self evaluation
seniors
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Summary:Institutionalization to a nursing home can be one of the most significant and traumatic events in a senior's life, and for their family. For this reason, it is especially important to have validated instruments that evaluate the family member's adaptation to admitting the senior to a nursing home. The study included 139 family members recruited equally in two types of institutions (low-income nursing home (LINH) vs. high-income nursing home (HINH)). A sociodemographic questionnaire with questions to study antecedents and conditions for care and the Questionnaire for Admitting an Older Adult to a Nursing Home (CAFIAR-15) were used. Examining the communalities indicated that four of the five items in factor 3 presented communalities lower than 0.30 and differences in the factorial structure of the CAFIAR-15 were found. There were differences in the antecedents and conditions for care between the relatives of the older adults at LINH and HINH. Cultural differences and differences between LINH and HINH may be the basis for flaws in the conceptual validity of the CAFIAR-15 in the Colombian sample.
ISSN:2076-328X
2076-328X
DOI:10.3390/bs12010004