The Caregiving Career: Responses and Strategies of Caregivers, Care Partners, and Caretakers of Persons with Dementia

= 0.010) with caretakers scoring lowest. The findings indicated that across the "caregiving career," there were similar responses to caregiving challenges regardless of caregiving phase. Future research should identify contextual factors associated with those responses. Although resourcefulness scores indicated all three groups would benefit from resourcefulness training, bereaved caretakers showed the greatest need, suggesting the importance of teaching them resourcefulness skills.