首页    期刊浏览 2024年11月29日 星期五
登录注册

文章基本信息

  • 标题:The Burden of Caring for Dependent Older People and the Resultant Risk of Depression in Family Primary Caregivers in Italy
  • 本地全文:下载
  • 作者:Cristina Gagliardi ; Flavia Piccinini ; Giovanni Lamura
  • 期刊名称:Sustainability
  • 印刷版ISSN:2071-1050
  • 出版年度:2022
  • 卷号:14
  • 期号:6
  • 页码:3375
  • DOI:10.3390/su14063375
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:MDPI, Open Access Journal
  • 摘要:Long-Term Care (LTC) for older people in need of care is a critical issue affecting the quality of life of family caregivers (as well as older people), encompassing both negative and positive caregiving experiences. Providing support to family caregivers is essential because they play a crucial role in sharing the societal burden of LTC for the growing frail older population. By presenting the results of a survey carried out in 2019–2020 in Central Italy, this study aims to describe the characteristics and estimate by a multivariate logistic model the correlates of depressive symptoms in 369 primary caregivers of dependent older people. Caregivers are mostly women who provide a high amount of care in terms of weekly hours as a result of insufficient assistance from public or private care services. More than half of the sample show depressive symptoms, indicating a fairly serious situation. Perceived burden is a strong predictor of depression. The findings offer suggestions and policy implications. The fragmentation of the care context should be addressed by allocating sufficient funding to expand the supply of public in-kind services and integrate cash-for-care schemes, thus alleviating the burden and mitigating the negative consequences of care on physical and mental health.
国家哲学社会科学文献中心版权所有