GERO 14029 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Problem Solving, Dementia, Long-Term Care
29 Apr 2016
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Characteristics of caregivers: 2/3 of caregivers are married, age distribution of caregivers, under 35 yrs: 28, 36-49 yrs: 29, 50-64: 26, employed full time (-50%) spouses transition to caregiving, most stressful when one spouse had alzheimer"s. 11. areas of change: martial intimacy (changes, does not disappear, psychological well-being, participation in household tasks (husbands, social integration transitions to caring for a parent. 12. adult children experience stress when: parent is demanding, critical, and unappreciative. 13. strain on martial relationship; but source of support. 14. siblings described as greatest source of caregiving stress: sharing the burden; feeling unappreciated; decisions, but some report increased closeness gender differences in caregiving. 15. daughters provide more hours of care than sons. 16. daughters and sons perform different tasks: daughters: hands on care, sons: household chores, transportation, finances, etc, no differences in feeling of obligations. Then, why do women provide more care: caregiving as part of gendered division of labor, related to earning potential.
