This study explored the utilization and evaluation of formal support services among caregivers of the elderly who suffer from dementia. Data for the analyses were obtained from the Canadian Study on Health and Aging, funded by Health and Welfare Canada (1991-92). The sample consisted of 327 informal caregivers of non-institutionalized elderly with dementia. / Results indicated that formal support service users cared for demented elderly who had greater ADL/IADL functional limitations, reported more burden, tended to be husbands, tended not to live with the care recipient, reported less informal support, and tended to live in the Prairie region. They also tended to perceive their health to be better than a year ago. Service users' reports indicated that utilization of in-home services was considerably greater than that of out-of-home services. Out-of-home respite and caregiver support groups had the largest number of barriers to use. The most common barriers identified for all services included cost and perceived lack of effectiveness.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.55508 |
| Date | January 1994 |
| Creators | Lett, Judy |
| Contributors | Gooding, B. A. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (School of Nursing.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001426091, proquestno: AAIMM00035, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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