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  • Title: Social vulnerability and reactions to caregiving in daughters and daughters-in-law caring for disabled aging parents.
    Author: Pohl JM, Given CW, Collins CE, Given BA.
    Journal: Health Care Women Int; 1994; 15(5):385-95. PubMed ID: 8002423.
    Abstract:
    Variables that have been conceptually linked with social vulnerability--income, educational level, employment, cessation of work to provide care, marital status, social support, and health--were used to predict four categories of reaction to caregiving in 159 daughters and daughters-in-law caring for their disabled aging parents. Social support, income, and health best predicted negative reactions to caregiving; social support alone best predicted negative reactions to caregiving; social support alone best predicted feelings of family abandonment, impact on health, and impact on schedule. Compared with daughters and daughters-in-law who had not quit work to provide care, those who had quit work were significantly older, had lower incomes and fewer social supports, and were more involved in care. The results suggest that quitting work may be a precursor to social isolation that places the caregiver at increased risk for social vulnerability and negative reaction to caregiving. The implications of the findings for health care policy are discussed.
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