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JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Volume 62, Issue 5, Pages P253-P260Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.5.P253
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- NIA NIH HHS [1T32AG00272-01, K02 AG00970, 1P30AG022845] Funding Source: Medline
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We explore the association between family caregiver depression and the quality of staff-family relationships, and we test burden as a mediator of this relationship. Using structural equation modeling, we used data from a representative sample of 932 family members from 20 nursing homes in Central New York to examine the association between staff-family relationship quality and family caregiver depression. We then tested family caregiver burden as a mediator of the relationship between staff-family relationship quality and family caregiver depression. Staff-family relationship quality, specifically perceived conflict with staff, is significantly associated with family caregiver depression. Further, caregiver burden mediates this relationship. Interventions to improve staff-family relationships may impact family caregiver depression by reducing the stress that family caregivers experience.
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