MEASURING CAREGIVER MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION HASSLES

本项目研究目标2，药物和老龄化，与目标23，老年人护理重叠，在1999年NIA试点研究资助计划中确定。该项目的目的是开发一种有效和可靠的措施，以衡量从事长期照顾受抚养的老年家庭成员的成年家庭照顾者所经历的药物治疗困难。测量的发展将提供一种机制，通过这种机制，研究人员对这群脆弱的老年人的药物管理问题感兴趣，可以量化他们家庭护理的一个重要方面，药物治疗。在七个成人日间服务项目和一个以大学为基础的病例管理小组的合作下，将为该项目招募150名从事家庭或社区护理的护理人员。研究计划中包括了接触少数民族和男性照顾者的规定。该项目采用焦点小组、面对面访谈、邮件调查和电话访谈程序来开发和评估护理人员药物管理问题测量。

This project addresses research objective number 2, medication and aging, with overlap of objective 23, care for older people, as identified in the 1999 NIA Pilot Research Grant Program. The purpose of this project is to develop a valid and reliable measure of medication hassles experienced by adult family caregivers engaged in long-term care for dependent, elderly family members. Development of the measurement will offer a mechanism by which researchers interested in medication administration issues for this group of vulnerable elders can quantify one important aspect of their family care, pharmacotherapy. With collaboration by seven adult day services programs and a university-based case management group, 150 caregivers who are engaged in home- or community-based care will be recruited for the project. Provisions are included in the research plan to reach minority and male caregivers. The project incorporates focus group, face-to-face interview, mail survey, and telephone interview procedures in the development and evaluation of the Caregiver Medication Administration Hassles Measurement.