Changes to Family Caregiving of Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities during COVID-19.

aging connections family caregivers older people supports technology

Journal

Gerontology & geriatric medicine
ISSN: 2333-7214
Titre abrégé: Gerontol Geriatr Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101662571

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Historique:
received: 07 12 2020
revised: 10 02 2021
accepted: 19 02 2021
entrez: 5 4 2021
pubmed: 6 4 2021
medline: 6 4 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The strict restrictions to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have disrupted the lives of many at-risk people and their family caregivers. This study explored how family caregivers perceived that family caregiving had changed during COVID-19 and the strategies they used to cope with these changes. We conducted 52 semi-structured interviews with family caregivers of adults over age 65 or adults with disabilities and analyzed the data through an inductive thematic analysis. Caregivers perceived the largest COVID-19-related caregiving changes to be limited social and physical contacts, changed caregiving tasks, reduced services and supports, and a new focus on vigilance and safety. Caregivers made numerous changes to caregiving, including keeping connected, keeping relatives occupied, getting support and services in new ways, and reducing caregiver stress.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33816706
doi: 10.1177/23337214211002404
pii: 10.1177_23337214211002404
pmc: PMC7989134
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

23337214211002404

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2021.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Auteurs

Elizabeth Lightfoot (E)

University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, USA.

Heejung Yun (H)

University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, USA.

Rajean Moone (R)

University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, USA.

Jacob Otis (J)

University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, USA.

Kamal Suleiman (K)

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

Kenneth Turck (K)

University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, USA.

Courtney Kutzler (C)

University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, USA.

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