TY - JOUR
T1 - Predictors of institutionalization among Alzheimer disease victims with caregiving spouses
AU - Pruchno, R. A.
AU - Michaels, J. E.
AU - Potashnik, S. L.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - A theoretical model predicting 'desire to institutionalize' and actual institutionalization was developed and tested on a sample of 220 persons caring for a demented spouse. Significant predictors of 'desire to institutionalize' include age and education of caregiver, spouse's forgetful behaviors, ADL tasks done by the caregiver, medications taken by the caregiver, services used, and quality of relationship with spouse. Predictors of actual institutionalization are desire to institutionalize, length of time spent as a caregiver, religion, uplifts, and forgetful behaviors of the impaired spouse.
AB - A theoretical model predicting 'desire to institutionalize' and actual institutionalization was developed and tested on a sample of 220 persons caring for a demented spouse. Significant predictors of 'desire to institutionalize' include age and education of caregiver, spouse's forgetful behaviors, ADL tasks done by the caregiver, medications taken by the caregiver, services used, and quality of relationship with spouse. Predictors of actual institutionalization are desire to institutionalize, length of time spent as a caregiver, religion, uplifts, and forgetful behaviors of the impaired spouse.
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U2 - 10.1093/geronj/45.6.S259
DO - 10.1093/geronj/45.6.S259
M3 - Article
C2 - 2229952
AN - SCOPUS:0025250664
SN - 0022-1422
VL - 45
SP - S259-S266
JO - Journals of Gerontology
JF - Journals of Gerontology
IS - 6
ER -