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| Title: |
Caregiver role strain of older workers |
| Author: |
Candace L. Beitman Jennifer L. Johnson Adrienne L. Clark Sharon R. Highsmith Amy L. Burgess Megan C. Minor Aimee L. Stir |
| Appeared in: |
Work |
| Paging: | Volume 22 (2004) nr. 2 pages 99-106 |
| Year: |
2004-03-02 |
| Contents: |
The purpose of this study was to measure role strain in older adult workers who were also caregivers of frail elders according to Komarovsky's role strain theory, and to determine whether different patterns of role strain exist for male worker-caregivers than females. Method: Researchers developed the Job-Caregiver Role Strain Scale Survey, which was adapted from a survey that measured role strain in working parents and spouses. Surveys were distributed to 11 male and 34 female older workers who were also caregivers. Results: A factor analysis was completed, which isolated four factors of role strain. Researchers named the factors time management and arrangements, health and competing role demands, low rewards, and reactions to perceptions. Role strain in older adult worker-caregivers is complex and involves multiple variables. A discriminant function analysis predicted differences in the way older male and female worker-caregivers perceived role strain. Use of role strain theory can assist employers and occupational therapists in developing and maintaining work environments that support not only the older employee's work performance, but participation in the role of elder caregiver as well. |
| Publisher: |
IOS Press |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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