Journal
JOURNAL OF FAMILY NURSING
Volume 15, Issue 3, Pages 295-317Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1074840709337247
Keywords
family caregivers; chronic illness; family; primary health care; ethnicity
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- NIA NIH HHS [P30 AG031043-01, P30 AG031043, P30AG031043] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH062210-01, K23 MH067671-01, MH67077, MH62210-01, K23 MH067671, R01 MH062210, MH62210-01S1, MH67671-01, R01 MH062210-01S1, R01 MH067077, R01 MH067077-02] Funding Source: Medline
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Burden emerged as an important concept among older adults in a study of how older adults interact with their families around care. The authors conducted 50 semistructured interviews with adults older than the age of 65 years and a spouse or adult child. The sample was stratified by ethnicity thus giving the opportunity to explore both ethnic similarities and differences. Older adults who expressed the concept of burden were more likely to be White compared with older adults who did not express burden. Older respondents discussed burden in relation to not wanting to complicate the busy lives of adult children, guilt about health problems, and concern that children were overly worried about the care of their older family member. The expression and meaning of burden differed according to ethnicity. This study has implications for practice and policies to meet the needs of families and promote the independence of older persons.
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