Positive Aspects of Alzheimer's Caregiving: The Role of Race

We examined differences in positive aspects of caregiving (PAC) among 275 African American and 343 Caucasian caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease from the National Institutes of Health Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Care Health (REACH) study sites in Birmingham, Memphis,...

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Published in:The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2004-07, Vol.59 (4), p.P185-P190
Main Authors: Roff, Lucinda Lee, Burgio, Louis D., Gitlin, Laura, Nichols, Linda, Chaplin, William, Hardin, J. Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
African Continental Ancestry Group
Aged
Alzheimer Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
Anxiety
Biological and medical sciences
Black White Differences
Caregiver Burden
Caregivers
Caregivers - psychology
Culture
Demography
Ethnic Groups
European Continental Ancestry Group
Family environment. Family history
Female
Gerontology
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Race
Religiosity
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Social sciences
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomic Status
White people
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Summary:We examined differences in positive aspects of caregiving (PAC) among 275 African American and 343 Caucasian caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease from the National Institutes of Health Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Care Health (REACH) study sites in Birmingham, Memphis, and Philadelphia. African Americans reported higher scores on PAC than did Caucasians. African Americans' higher religiosity partially mediated the relationship between race and PAC. Additional variables that contributed to their higher PAC scores were African Americans' lower anxiety, lower feelings of bother by the care recipient's behavior, and lower socioeconomic status.
ISSN:1079-5014
1758-5368
DOI:10.1093/geronb/59.4.P185