Abstract

The purpose of this study was to address factors related to caregiver burnout as a result of caring for an older adult with a chronic disease. Characteristics of care recipients and caregivers as well as social support were included to identify the relationships with caregiver burnout. The analysis was based on a sample of 334 older adults and their caregivers in Korea. The logistic regression results indicated that the period of being in need of another's help among care-recipients, co-residence, caregivers' health condition, previous care experience, and caregivers' free time were correlated with the caregivers' future caregiving. Interestingly, the more experience caregivers had in caring for older adults, the more willing they were to provide care in the future. Thus, the discussion focuses on services for those who are new to providing care for older adults because they tend to have less coping skills.

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Authors

Won S, Song I

Institution

Department of Social Welfare, Daegu Cyber University, Republic of Korea. wseojin@dcu.ac.kr

Source

International journal of aging & human development 74:1 2012 pg 25-40

MeSH

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Attitude of Health Personnel
Burnout, Professional
Caregivers
Chronic Disease
Databases, Factual
Female
Geriatric Nursing
Geriatrics
Humans
Long-Term Care
Male
Republic of Korea
Risk Factors

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22696842