CAREGIVING AND MENTAL HEALTH--A MULTIFACETED APPROACH

该计划项目将研究几个值得关注的大领域 regarding the process of caregiving by adult children to impaired 人们。 三个独立的项目将探讨不同的问题 照顾压力，从照顾家庭的池中汲取灵感 已经在费城老年中心进行了研究 well as recruiting new families. The three projects will share a 通用数据核心，将负责招聘， 主题选择、数据管理、采访员培训、 安排访谈、数据质量控制和处理 of the data prior to analysis. The common theme of the Program 项目是对护理过程中的变化的研究 与护理相关的心理健康结果 婚姻状况、家庭内部动态、护理时间长短以及 该人的特征及其社会环境。 婚姻 Status project will study the correlates and outcomes associated with once-married, multiply-married, never married, widowed, 离婚和分居 照顾丧偶残疾女儿 年长的父母。 The Family project will study the process and 开发新方法来研究家庭层面的影响 对护理的影响。 The Caregiving Career project will study 不同时期的较长一段时间内的主题 包括从开始照顾到死亡 受损的人。 The combined results of the studies will 对照顾、家庭作为一个整体的意义产生新的见解 学习单位和护理地点 照顾者的生活。 New knowledge will also be gained about 女性的角色、护理阿尔茨海默病之间的差异 患者和无痴呆身体损伤的人—— 家庭和家庭外护理以及家庭护理 星座作为护理变化的来源。

This Program Project will examine several large areas of concern regarding the process of caregiving by adult children to impaired people. Three separate projects will pursue different questions on caregiving stress, drawing from a pool of caregiving families that have already been studied at the Philadelphia Geriatric Center as well as recruiting new families. The three projects will share a common data core, which will be responsible for recruitment, subject selection, data management, training of interviewers, scheduling interviews, quality control of the data, and processing of the data prior to analysis. The common theme of the Program Project is the study of variations in the process of caregiving and the mental health outcomes of caregiving that are associated with marital status, intrafamilial dynamics, length of caregiving and characteristics of the person and her social setting. The Marital Status project will study the correlates and outcomes associated with once-married, multiply-married, never married, widowed, divorced and separated caregiving daughters of widowed impaired older parents. The Family project will study the process and develop new methods for study of family-level influences on and effects on caregiving. The Caregiving Career project will study subjects over an extended period of time, for varying periods including that from the beginning of caregiving until the death of the impaired person. The combined results of the studies will yeild new insights on the meaning of caregiving, the family as a unit for study, and the place of caregiving within the context of the caregiver's life. New knowledge will also be gained about women's roles, the differences between caregiving for Alzheimers patients and nondemented physically impaired people within- household and extra-household caregiving, and household constellations as sources of variation in caregiving.