TY - JOUR
T1 - Caregiver psychological health and hospitalization characteristics of older adult care recipients
T2 - An integrative review of U.S. studies
AU - Longacre, Margaret L.
AU - Wong, Yu Ning
AU - Fang, Carolyn Y.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014/5/1
Y1 - 2014/5/1
N2 - This integrative review involved studies conducted in the United States that assessed hospitalizations of older adults receiving family care and the psychological health of their family caregivers. The primary objectives were to (a) summarize findings between caregiver psychological health and older care recipient hospitalizations, and (b) describe how caregiver psychological health has been measured with regard to older care recipient hospitalizations. Online databases were searched for articles assessing caregiver psychological health (e.g., burden, strain, depressive or anxious symptoms) and older care recipient hospitalizations in the United States. According to the findings, few studies in the United States have assessed hospitalization characteristics of older care recipients and the psychological health of their family caregivers. All analyses incorporated a measure of depression; however, the measurement of other psychological health constructs (e.g., anxious symptoms, perceived burden) was limited or absent. Findings note the potential importance of focusing on readmission rates in light of caregiver psychological health. Findings also note the benefit of caregiver emotional and instrumental support toward reducing hospitalizations among older adults receiving family care.
AB - This integrative review involved studies conducted in the United States that assessed hospitalizations of older adults receiving family care and the psychological health of their family caregivers. The primary objectives were to (a) summarize findings between caregiver psychological health and older care recipient hospitalizations, and (b) describe how caregiver psychological health has been measured with regard to older care recipient hospitalizations. Online databases were searched for articles assessing caregiver psychological health (e.g., burden, strain, depressive or anxious symptoms) and older care recipient hospitalizations in the United States. According to the findings, few studies in the United States have assessed hospitalization characteristics of older care recipients and the psychological health of their family caregivers. All analyses incorporated a measure of depression; however, the measurement of other psychological health constructs (e.g., anxious symptoms, perceived burden) was limited or absent. Findings note the potential importance of focusing on readmission rates in light of caregiver psychological health. Findings also note the benefit of caregiver emotional and instrumental support toward reducing hospitalizations among older adults receiving family care.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84905099649&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3928/19404921-20140127-01
DO - 10.3928/19404921-20140127-01
M3 - Article
C2 - 24496113
SN - 1940-4921
VL - 7
SP - 139
EP - 147
JO - Research in gerontological nursing
JF - Research in gerontological nursing
IS - 3
ER -