Carolyn E Z Pickering1, Maria Yefimova2,3, Christopher Maxwell4, Frank Puga1, Tami Sullivan5. 1. School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Menlo Park, California. 2. Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California. 3. Office of Research, Patient Care Services, Stanford Healthcare, California. 4. School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, East Lansing. 5. Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to identify risk and protective factors for abusive and neglectful behavior in the context of daily caregiving. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Family caregivers who co-reside with a care recipient with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia, recruited from social media, completed 21-days of diaries. Multilevel modeling with days (n = 831) nested within caregivers (N = 50) was used to evaluate relationships between hypothesized risk and protective factors and the odds of an abusive or neglectful behavior on a given day. RESULTS: Disruptions in the daily routine and stress of the caregiver related to behavioral symptoms of the care recipient are significant risk factors for abusive and neglectful behavior. Participating in a meaningful activity with the care recipient when it occurs twice in a day is a significant protective factor against use of a neglect behavior (OR = 0.19; CI 0.06-0.64; p = .01), but not for abusive behavior. Hypotheses that spending the full day together would increase risk, and that receipt of instrumental support and caregiver participation in self-care would decrease risk, were not supported. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Findings demonstrate that risk of an abusive or neglectful behavior varies from day-to-day in the presence and absence of contextual factors, and that the majority of the variance in the odds an abusive or neglectful behavior occurring is related to day-level factors. Findings demonstrate that diary surveys are critical to identifying ecologically valid modifiable risk and protective factors for abusive and neglectful behaviors that can be targeted in future interventions.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to identify risk and protective factors for abusive and neglectful behavior in the context of daily caregiving. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Family caregivers who co-reside with a care recipient with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia, recruited from social media, completed 21-days of diaries. Multilevel modeling with days (n = 831) nested within caregivers (N = 50) was used to evaluate relationships between hypothesized risk and protective factors and the odds of an abusive or neglectful behavior on a given day. RESULTS: Disruptions in the daily routine and stress of the caregiver related to behavioral symptoms of the care recipient are significant risk factors for abusive and neglectful behavior. Participating in a meaningful activity with the care recipient when it occurs twice in a day is a significant protective factor against use of a neglect behavior (OR = 0.19; CI 0.06-0.64; p = .01), but not for abusive behavior. Hypotheses that spending the full day together would increase risk, and that receipt of instrumental support and caregiver participation in self-care would decrease risk, were not supported. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Findings demonstrate that risk of an abusive or neglectful behavior varies from day-to-day in the presence and absence of contextual factors, and that the majority of the variance in the odds an abusive or neglectful behavior occurring is related to day-level factors. Findings demonstrate that diary surveys are critical to identifying ecologically valid modifiable risk and protective factors for abusive and neglectful behaviors that can be targeted in future interventions.
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