Impact of caregiver-receiver relationship quality on burden and satisfaction

The purpose of this study was to investigate, through an interview process, both the burden and satisfaction of the caregiving relationship between ft male primary caregivers and female care-receivers living in the same home, The ten cases were families involved in a caregiver/care-receiver shared-r esidence situation of at least one year's duration. The primary method of d ata collection was semi-structured interviews. The results of the qualitative approach called for a reversal of perspectiv e, The intent was to examine how burden and satisfaction impacted the careg iver-receiver relationship quality. However, it was the quality of the rela tionship between the caregiver and care-receiver which distinguished low bu rden and high satisfaction.