PREDICTORS AND OUTCOMES OF THE END OF CO-RESIDENT CAREGIVING IN AGINGFAMILIES OF ADULTS WITH MENTAL-RETARDATION OR MENTAL-ILLNESS

Authors
SELTZER MM GREENBERG JS KRAUSS MW HONG J
Citation
Mm. Seltzer et al., PREDICTORS AND OUTCOMES OF THE END OF CO-RESIDENT CAREGIVING IN AGINGFAMILIES OF ADULTS WITH MENTAL-RETARDATION OR MENTAL-ILLNESS, Family relations, 46(1), 1997, pp. 13-22
Citations number
47
Categorie Soggetti
Social Work","Family Studies
Journal title
Family relations → ACNP
ISSN journal
01976664
Volume
46
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
13 - 22
Database
ISI
SICI code
0197-6664(1997)46:1<13:PAOOTE>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Aging mothers who lived with an adult child with either mental retarda tion (n = 308) or mental illness (n = 73) were studied prospectively o ver a three-year period to determine the antecedents and consequences of the end of co-residence between the aging mother and adult child. D ifferent factors predicted the end of co-residence for the two sub-sam ples, but the consequences of this transition with respect to maternal burden and depressive symptoms were similar for the two groups. There was a high level of contact contact between the aging parent and adul t child with disabilities even after the period of co-residence ended.