The Gerontologist
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]
Author:
Keyword(s):
Year:  Vol:  Page: 


This Article
Alert me when this article is cited
Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Similar articles in this journal
Similar articles in PubMed
Alert me to new issues of the journal
Download to citation manager
Cited by other online articles
PubMed
PubMed Citation
Articles by Rosenthal, C. J.
Articles by Marshall, V. W.

The Gerontologist, Vol 33, Issue 2 249-257, Copyright © 1993 by The Gerontological Society of America


ARTICLES

Depressive symptoms in family caregivers of long-stay patients

CJ Rosenthal, J Sulman and VW Marshall
Centre for Studies of Aging, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Factors contributing to depressive symptoms in a group of 67 family caregivers of hospitalized "long-stay" patients were investigated. Levels of depressive symptoms were quite high and were related to level of patient dependency, caregiver's health, feeling too many demands were being made on the caregiver, feeling torn between the patient's needs and the caregiver's own needs, not getting enough rest, amount of time spent in caregiving activities, feeling someone else could take over caregiving if necessary, and perceptions of staff. The factors contributing to depressive symptoms differed among spouses, children and other caregivers, but for all the strongest contributor was experiencing difficulty with staff.


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
Am J Public HealthHome page
C. C. Cannuscio, C. Jones, I. Kawachi, G. A. Colditz, L. Berkman, and E. Rimm
Reverberations of Family Illness: A Longitudinal Assessment of Informal Caregiving and Mental Health Status in the Nurses' Health Study
Am J Public Health, August 1, 2002; 92(8): 1305 - 1311.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
GerontologistHome page
C. J. Whitlatch, D. Schur, L. S. Noelker, F. K. Ejaz, and W. J. Looman
The Stress Process of Family Caregiving in Institutional Settings
Gerontologist, August 1, 2001; 41(4): 462 - 473.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
All GSA journals Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
Copyright © 1993 by The Gerontological Society of America.