Dementia Caregivers' Use of Services for Themselves

The Gerontologist
Jennifer Martindale-AdamsMarshall J Graney

Abstract

Health care and social services such as physician visits and support groups used by dementia caregivers for themselves were examined. Caregivers (N = 642) were from the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregivers Health (REACH II) study. Caregiver predisposing, enabling, and need variables were examined using chi-squared and t-tests to characterize service users. Stagewise linear regression was used to explain numbers of services used. Predisposing, enabling, and need variables were significantly related to dementia caregivers' service use. In regression, caregivers who were older, more educated, married, not employed, depressed, with functional disability needs, more illness-related reduced activity days, more medications, more symptoms, and fewer hours on duty per day used significantly more services for themselves. The statistically significant model explained 22.2% variance in numbers of services used. Service users, compared with nonusers, evidenced greater burden, bother with behaviors, and more desire to institutionalize. This study shows that caregiver service use is related to caregiver characteristics. Future work should examine the impact of caregiving on health care and social service use and costs. The societal ...Continue Reading

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