The emotional ramifications of unmet need in dementia caregiving

Author:

Gaugler Joseph E.1,Anderson Keith A.,Leach Corinne R.2,Smith Charles D.,Schmitt Frederick A.,Mendiondo Marta3

Affiliation:

1. Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

2. Graduate Center in Gerontology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

3. Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

Abstract

Using a unique measure of unmet need that taps into several dimensions of informal long-term care, the present study included data from 694 informal caregivers of persons suffering from dementia at different times in the caregiving career (e.g., at home, following institutionalization, following the death of the care recipient). Multivariate regression models found that unmet need for either confidante or formal support had key implications for caregivers’ emotional distress in each of the care situations. The findings suggest that conceptual models should incorporate unmet need as a viable predictor of caregiving outcomes and that assessment of unmet need may provide guidance in the development of more refined psychosocial and community-based intervention protocols.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health,Geriatrics and Gerontology,Clinical Psychology,General Neuroscience

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