Family care of the dementing elderly

This paper is in two parts. In the first part we review the findings from ‘first generation’ studies of family care of the dementing elderly. First generation studies tended to trawl the topic, with a few questions asked about many aspects of care; they were largely descriptive and rarely involved hypothesis testing. The first generation studies are examined in relation to eight questions: (1) Is caring for a dementing person stressful? (2) Is caring for someone with dementia more stressful than caring for someone with some other disorder? (3) Which aspects of dementia are most problematic for caregivers? (4) Is level of impairment associated with level of experienced burden? (5) What role do family members apart from the main caregiver play? (6) Are there gender differences in amount of help received or coping? (7) What impact does the provision of services have on carers? (8) What are the predictors of the break-down of family care? Second generation studies are those in which many questions are asked i...

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