METROPOLITAN VERSUS NONMETROPOLITAN CAREGIVERS OF PERSONS WITH DEMENTIA (ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE).
Contributors: Rush University, College Of Nursing.
Published: 1991
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Sociology, Individual and Family Studies.
Description: A survey design was used to examine multiple variables related to caregivers of person with dementia. Twenty-seven nonmetropolitan caregivers of persons with dementia were matched by relationship to the impaired family member, age, and level of deterioration of the identified dementia patient with 27 metropolitan caregivers. Using quantitative methods and based on intensive personal caregiver interviews and self-rated questionnaires, this study revealed that nonmetropolitan caregivers were less likely to receive a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation of their impaired family members, more often received informal assistance in the caregiving process from their well spouse for such tasks as household chores, meal preparation, running errands, and supervision and transportation of their impaired family members, and used less formal assistance such as in-home help, adult daycare services, social workers, support groups, and medical services than their metropolitan counterparts. Additional differences between the two sample groups related to finances, physical conditions, reasons for caregiving, and coping styles were also discussed.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-07, Section: B, page: 3533.

Thesis (D.N.SC.)--RUSH UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF NURSING, 1991.

School code: 0591.