Is more care recipient time at home also a family caregiver‐centered quality of life measure?
Whereas total care recipient time away from home had some negative spillovers to family caregivers, the countervailing effects of unique settings on caregiver QoL may mask net QoL effects. This finding limits the utility of a single care recipient home time measure as a valid caregiver-centered measure. Considering cumulative care recipient time in individual settings separately may be needed to reveal the true net effects on caregiver QoL.
Authors
- Chelsea L. Whitfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3188-5617)
- Kasey Decosimo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0070-2454)
- Valerie A. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5170-9819)
- Courtney H. Van Houtven (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0783-1611)
- Nina Sperber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6640-2510)
- Brystana G. Kaufman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6553-0406)
- Paul A. Dennis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8886-3665)
- Megan E. Shepherd‐Banigan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4020-8936)
- Karen M. Stechuchak
- Susan N. Hastings (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5750-8820)
Institutions
- Duke University (US)
- Durham VA Health Care System (US)
- Duke Institute for Health Innovation (US)
- Durham VA Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2024-08-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19115
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.40
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Office of Research and Development
- Health Services Research and Development