Article
Receiving while giving: The differential roles of Receiving help and satisfaction with help on caregiver rewards among spouses and adult-children.
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
(2014)
Abstract
Objective: There is a growing body of literature on the rewards associated with caregiving and the utility
of these rewards on buffering the negative consequences of caring for a family member with Alzheimer’s
disease. Many psychoeducational interventions aim to empower caregivers to seek and obtain help from
their social support network, with the expectation that help will enable them to cope more effectively.
Methods: This study investigated the impact of changes in help and changes in satisfaction with help on
positive aspects of caregiving for both spouse (N= 254) and adult-child (N= 208) caregivers who
attended a psychoeducational intervention.
Results: Analyses using structural equation modeling revealed that increases in amount of help and
satisfaction with help were significantly linked with increases in caregiver rewards for adult-children.
However, only increases in satisfaction with help were significantly related to increases in caregiver
rewards for spouses.
Conclusions: These group differences suggest that the quality of support is critical for spouses, whereas
both quality and receiving extra help are useful for adult-child caregivers. These findings are discussed
in terms of the importance of understanding the differential needs of spouse and adult-child caregivers
in practice.
Keywords
- caregivers,
- rewards,
- support,
- Alzheimer's disease
Disciplines
Publication Date
2014
Citation Information
Marie Y Savundranayagam. "Receiving while giving: The differential roles of Receiving help and satisfaction with help on caregiver rewards among spouses and adult-children." International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (2014) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/marie_savundranayagam/17/