Psychosocial and cognitive health differences by caregiver status among older Mexican Americans

Angelica P. Herrera; Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck; Janice D. Crist; Matthew Lee Smith; Ruth Warre; Marcia G. Ory; Kyriakos Markides

doi:10.1007/s10597-012-9494-1

Psychosocial and cognitive health differences by caregiver status among older Mexican Americans

Angelica P. Herrera
, Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck
, Janice D. Crist
, Matthew Lee Smith
, Ruth Warre
, Marcia G. Ory
, Kyriakos Markides

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Abstract

This study identifies the risk and protective factors associated with informal caregiving by older (≥70 years) Mexican Americans and profiles caregiving arrangements. Overall, a greater number of informal caregivers (n = 92) were married and female. They also had higher physical functioning and better cognition than non-caregivers (n = 1,888) but fewer visited a physician regularly. Informal caregivers also showed an increased risk of depressive symptoms. A third of caregivers spent more than 20 h/day caregiving and the majority (84%) of care recipients were family members. In order to support the efforts of this disproportionately burdened caregiver group, increased social support and healthcare services are needed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	61-72
Number of pages	12
Journal	Community Mental Health Journal
Volume	49
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-012-9494-1
State	Published - Feb 2013

Keywords

Cognition
Depression
Informal caregiving
Mexican Americans

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Health(social science)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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