Knowledge and use of community services among family caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease patients

Collins, Clare E.; Stommel, Manfred; Given, Charles W.; King, Sharon

doi:10.1016/s0883-9417(05)80021-4

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“…The data have illuminated some factors affecting help‐seeking by older husband caregivers. Findings by Collins et al. (1994) that service‐seeking attempts are preceded by caregiver appraisals of changes in their physical and emotional health and competence were supported.…”

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confidence: 87%

Help‐seeking by older husbands caring for wives with dementia

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Chen

Mitchell³

et al. 2007

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Help‐seeking by older husbands caring for wives with dementia

Brown

Chen

Mitchell³

et al. 2007

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…Another framework for community service use among caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease identifies factors that influence caregivers' intent to use community services (Collins, King, Given, & Given, 1994). The influencing factors identified include caregiver/care recipient attitudes, outside stimuli that increase the caregiver's readiness to seek help (such as public sources of information, referrals from health care professionals, and suggestions made by members of the informal network), the caregiver's appraisal of his psychological state as it relates to help-seeking, and service attributes.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Male Caregivers’ Use of Formal Support

Coe

Neufeld

1999

West J Nurs Res

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The purpose of this study was to explore male caregivers' perceptions of formal support. The men were caregivers of adults with cognitive impairment. The study involved secondary analysis of interview data on perceptions of support that had not been previously analyzed from the perspective of formal support. Techniques of data analysis used in grounded theory were applied to 62 guided interactive interviews conducted with 24 male caregivers during a period of 18 months. The men experienced a process of making concessions for care in the following four sequential stages: resisting, giving in, opening the door, and making the match. Personal barriers deterred the caregivers from seeking help, and once the caregivers engaged formal help the influence of characteristics of the health care system and individual staff members had both enabling and disabling effects. For caregivers whose use of formal support involved admitting their relative to a long-term care facility, the phase of making the match was followed by redesigning their caregiver role.

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“…Formal services can assist caregivers to continue to support people at home by giving caregivers a break (Collins et al, 1994) and decreasing caregiving hours (Gaugler, 2003). Despite caregivers of people with dementia often providing intensive levels of assistance, their use of support services is low (Krout, 1983;Caserta et al, 1987;Parker, 1990;Collins et al, 1991;Fine and Thomson, 1995;McCabe et al, 1995;Braithwaite, 1998Braithwaite, , 1999.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%