COVID-19, Social Distancing and Spouse/Partner Caregiving for those with Alzheimer's Disease

COVID-19、阿尔茨海默病患者的社交距离和配偶/伴侣护理

• 批准号: 10192917
• 负责人: Toni Calasanti
• 金额: $ 21.44万
• 依托单位: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-02-01 至 2022-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10192917
• 关键词: AIDS/HIV problem; Administrative Supplement; Adult; Affect; Alzheimer' s Disease; Alzheimer' s disease caregiver; Alzheimer' s disease related dementia; Area; Behavioral; COVID-19; COVID-19 pandemic; Caregiver Burden; Caregiver support; Caregivers; Caring; Cognitive; Communities; Containment; Couples; Distress; Elderly; Exhibits; Foundations; Funding; Future; Gays; Gender; Gender Identity; Health; Heterosexuals; Home environment; Husband; Individual; Intervention; Interview; Knowledge; Lead; Lesbian; Life Cycle Stages; Measures; Mediation; Memory; Mental Health; Outcome; Parents; Pattern; Perception; Policy Maker; Quality of life; Research; Resources; Respondent; Same-sex; Sex Orientation; Shapes; Shelter facility; Social Distance; Social support; Source; Spouse Caregiver; Spouses; Structure; Time; Vulnerable Populations; Wife; Work; base; care recipients; caregiving; combat; effective intervention; experience; human old age (65+); informal caregiving; informal support; men; pandemic disease; parent grant; physical conditioning; prevent; response; skills

Project Summary This administrative supplement extends a qualitative study of same-sex and heterosexual older adults who care for their spouses/partners with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The original research seeks to pinpoint how caregivers draw upon existing gender repertoires – sets of skills and resources learned over the life course that affirm gender identities formed in relation to the gender division of labor—in performing their care work. The resulting caregiving approaches influence the particular areas of care work that these caregivers find problematic, the ways they might respond to these challenges, and the extent to which such strategies help caregivers effectively perform their work. This study asks how sexual orientation shapes gender repertories, given that the division of labor among gay and lesbian couples must be negotiated, and examines how this shapes caregiving approaches and experiences. The emergence of COVID-19 and such containment measures as social distancing have created a situation with which all AD caregivers must contend, regardless of gender or sexual orientation; however, the ways in which they do so likely exhibit some differences. This administrative supplement builds upon the parent study and seeks to explore the impact of COVID-19 and social distancing across time and caregiving groups. The proposed supplemental study will involve re-interviewing previous respondents from the parent study to identify similarities and differences in terms of what caregivers find challenging, and the strategies they use to deal with these difficulties. Understanding the ways that COVID-19 and social distancing shape these caregiving experiences will provide much needed information on caregiving performed by LG and heterosexual spouses/partners while also revealing how gender and sexual orientation shape what caregivers perceive to be challenging, the strategies they use to cope with these, and the resources they have available to them. Knowledge gained from the study will have implications for both policy-makers and practitioners who seek to develop effective interventions to support caregivers and prevent negative physical and mental health outcomes.

项目摘要 这种行政补充扩展了对同性和异性旧较老的定性研究 关心患有阿尔茨海默氏病和相关痴呆症的配偶/伴侣的成年人。 原始研究旨在指出护理人员如何借鉴现有性别曲目 - 集合 在人生过程中学到的技能和资源，确认在 与性别分工有关 - 从事他们的护理工作。由此产生的护理 方法会影响这些护理人员发现有问题的特定护理工作领域， 他们可能应对这些挑战的方式以及此类策略的帮助程度 护理人员有效地执行他们的工作。这项研究询问性取向如何塑造性别 库库，鉴于同性恋和女同性恋夫妇之间的劳动分工必须进行谈判， 并研究了这塑造护理方法的方法和经验。 COVID-19的出现以及社会疏远等遏制措施已有 创造了所有广告护理人员都必须抗衡的情况，而不论性别或性别如何 方向;但是，他们这样做的方式可能会显示出一些差异。这 行政补充基于父母研究，并试图探索 COVID-19以及整个时间和照料团体的社会疏远。提议 补充研究将涉及将父母研究以前的受访者重新审视到 在看护人发现挑战方面确定相似之处和差异， 他们用来应对这些困难的策略。了解Covid-19和 这些照顾经历的社会距离形状将提供急需的信息 LG和异性恋配偶/伴侣执行的护理，同时也揭示了如何 性别和性取向塑造了护理人员认为具有挑战性的策略 他们用来应对这些，以及他们拥有的资源。知识获得了 从研究中将对寻求的政策制定者和从业者产生影响 制定有效的干预措施，以支持护理人员并防止身体和精神负面 健康结果。