Older Caregivers: Who They Are and How to Support Them

Petry, Sarah; Lara, Luz; Boucher, Nathan A.

doi:10.1080/08959420.2022.2051683

Cited by 7 publications

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“…The sample characteristics closely resemble the findings from a European study [32]: predominantly female caregivers over 45, with a notable proportion being elderly (5 out of 10). One aspect that was most evident in this sample was the aging of the caregivers, which we highlight is a public health concern due to the associated vulnerabilities [33]. Regarding the caregivers' spirituality and religiosity, the majority are Roman Catholics, which is similar to what was found in a survey on religion in the geographical area of Lisbon, Portugal [34].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 73%

Promoting Spiritual Coping of Family Caregivers of an Adult Relative with Severe Mental Illness: Development and Test of a Nursing Intervention

Casaleiro,

Martins,

Caldeira

2024

Healthcare

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Severe mental illness disrupts daily functioning, burdening family caregivers, who often adopt spiritual coping strategies. With comprehensive skills, mental health nurses can promote well-being and mental health. The aim is to develop and test the nursing intervention “promoting spiritual coping” in the family caregivers of home-dwelling people with mental illness. This study was conducted in two distinct stages. Initially, the intervention was developed according to the first phase of the Framework for Developing and Evaluating Complex Interventions. Secondly, the intervention protocol was tested in a mixed-method pilot study. An intervention protocol was developed and tested on ten family caregivers. The intervention comprised three sessions, and before-and-after assessments were conducted. Significant improvements were observed in the outcomes, with caregivers expressing that discussing spirituality and religiosity benefited them. This intervention prioritized the therapeutic relationship of the nurses and family caregivers. The intervention “promoting spiritual coping” was created and evaluated as a suitable approach for mental health nurses to use in a psychotherapeutic context with family caregivers of individuals with mental illness.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 73%

Promoting Spiritual Coping of Family Caregivers of an Adult Relative with Severe Mental Illness: Development and Test of a Nursing Intervention

Casaleiro,

Martins,

Caldeira

2024

Healthcare

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“…Most of those papers (21) claimed that particular initiatives would improve working conditions. Specifically, initiatives such as increasing wages and providing staff training were shown to improve job satisfaction, 53 improve the quality of care that workers were able to provide, 54 and reduce the physical and emotional stress of social care work. 55 There was a smaller set of papers ( 9) which linked recommendations to evidence of improved psychosocial support for care workers.…”

Section: Direct Evidencementioning

confidence: 99%

Addressing the workforce crisis in (rural) social care: A scoping review

Carson,

Johansson,

Schaumberg

et al. 2024

Health Planning & Management

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BackgroundThis scoping review identifies strategies potentially addressing the ‘workforce crisis’ in rural social care. The increasing global demand for social care has been coupled with widely recognised challenges in recruiting and retaining sufficient staff to provide this care. While the social care workforce crisis is a global phenomenon, it is particularly acute in rural areas.MethodsThe review identified 75 papers which (i) had been published since 2017, (ii) were peer reviewed, (iii) concerned social care, (iv) were relevant to rural settings, (v) referenced workforce shortages, and (vi) made recommendations for ways to address those shortages. Thematic synthesis was used to derive three analytical themes with a combined 17 sub‐themes applying to recommended strategies and evidence supporting those strategies.ResultsThe most common strategies for addressing social care workforce shortages were to improve recruitment and retention (‘recruit and retain’) processes without materially changing the workforce composition or service models. Further strategies involved ‘revitalising’ the social care workforce through redeploying existing staff or identifying new sources of labour. A small number of strategies involved ‘re‐thinking’ social care service models more fundamentally. Very few papers specifically considered how these strategies might apply to rural contexts, and evidence for the effectiveness of strategies was sparse.ConclusionThe review identifies a significant gap in the literature in relation to workforce innovation and placed‐based studies in rural social care systems. It is unlikely that the social care workforce crisis can be addressed through continuing attempts to recruit and retain workers within existing service models.

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“…Evidence suggests that higher caregiving responsibility is associated with increased psychological distress, including anxiety and depression [22]. Older caregivers are more likely to have poor health and rapid decline due to increased caregiving responsibilities compared to younger caregivers [23,24]. Notably, anxiety and depression symptoms and/or diagnoses are common among caregivers of stroke, dementia, and cancer patients [25][26][27][28][29].…”

Section: Caregiving In Cancer Survivorshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Caregiving responsibility and psychological distress among community-dwelling cancer survivors in the United States

Mahmood,

Kim,

Kedia

et al. 2024

Preprint

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Purpose. There are more than 18 million cancer survivors in the US, with a projected increase of 24.4% over the next decade. Currently, little is known about the relationship between a cancer survivor’s caregiving responsibility and psychological distress. This study examines whether cancer-survivor caregivers experience increased psychological distress compared to cancer survivors without caregiving responsibilities. Methods. Data were drawn from the National Cancer Institute’s Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS5, Cycles 1 through 4, 2017–2020). The analytical sample includes 2,579 US cancer survivors (aged ≥65 years=50.5%, females=57.1%). Caregiving responsibility was self-reported, and psychological distress was assessed through the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4). Accounting for the complex design features of HINTS and jackknife replicate weights, a multivariable multinomial logistic regression model was fit to compute adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and their associated 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results. About 19.1% (n=377) of cancer survivors self-reported caregiving responsibilities. Overall, 19.3% (n=438) of cancer survivors had mild, and 10.9% (n=252) had moderate to severe psychological distress. Compared to cancer survivors with no caregiving responsibilities, caregivers had more than two-fold higher odds of experiencing mild (aOR=2.25; 95% CI: 1.17, 4.29), and moderate to severe (aOR=2.18; 95% CI: 1.07, 4.46) psychological distress. Conclusions. Our findings indicate that caregiving responsibilities among cancer survivors have a substantial adverse impact on their mental and emotional wellbeing. Implications for Cancer Survivors.Cancer-survivor caregivers are a distinct subgroup that navigates both survivorship and caregiving burdens at the same time. There is a need to identify and develop tailored interventions, programs, and resources for this vulnerable group of caregivers.

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Older Caregivers: Who They Are and How to Support Them

Cited by 7 publications

References 44 publications

Promoting Spiritual Coping of Family Caregivers of an Adult Relative with Severe Mental Illness: Development and Test of a Nursing Intervention

Promoting Spiritual Coping of Family Caregivers of an Adult Relative with Severe Mental Illness: Development and Test of a Nursing Intervention

Addressing the workforce crisis in (rural) social care: A scoping review

Caregiving responsibility and psychological distress among community-dwelling cancer survivors in the United States

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