The Relationship Between Normative Beliefs About Help Seeking and the Experience of Caregiving in Alzheimer's Disease

Whereas a growing commitment to incorporating caregiver attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions into research and practice related to service use has emerged, less attention has been paid to the link between these subjective caregiver characteristics and the caregiving experience more generally. In a sa...

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Published in:Journal of applied gerontology 1999-06, Vol.18 (2), p.222-238
Main Authors: Smyth, Kathleen A., Milidonis, Mary K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult Care Services
Alzheimer's Disease
Beliefs
Caregiver Burden
Caregivers
Cleveland, Ohio
Families & family life
Family Relations
Help Seeking Behavior
Norms
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Summary:Whereas a growing commitment to incorporating caregiver attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions into research and practice related to service use has emerged, less attention has been paid to the link between these subjective caregiver characteristics and the caregiving experience more generally. In a sample of 120 family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease, we found that independent of actual receipt of help and caregiver perceptions about their own health and that of the care recipient, normative beliefs about receiving help were significantly related to caregiver mental and physical burden, role captivity, and overload.
ISSN:0733-4648
1552-4523
DOI:10.1177/073346489901800206