Relatives of the Impaired Elderly: Correlates of Feelings of Burden
1980/12/01 by S. H. Zarit, Steven H. Zarit, K. E. Reever +3 · 5,816 citations
Health Professions · Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Caregiver burden #Clinical psychology #Dementia #Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research #Disease #Feeling #Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes #Gerontology #Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving #Internal medicine #Medicine #Psychiatry #Psychology #Senile dementia #Social psychology
paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/geront/20.6.649
published in The Gerontologist 20(6), 649-655 (Oxford University Press)
openalex publication_date 1980/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Abstract
Factors contributing to feelings of burden of caregivers of elderly persons with senile dementia were studied. The amount of burden of caregivers was found to be less when more visits were paid to the dementia patient by other relatives. Severity of behavioral problems was not associated with higher levels of burden. The results suggest the importance of providing support to caregivers as a critical step in the community care of elderly persons with dementia.
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