Predictors of Nursing Home Placement for the Elderly with Dementia: Adult Child Caregivers VS. Spousal Caregivers
치매노인의 요양시설 입소에 미치는 영향: 배우자 부양자 대 성인자녀 부양자
- Baek, Ju-Hee (Dept. of Consumer Science and Human Development, Ewha Womans University)
- 백주희 (이화여자대학교)
- Received : 2005.02.26
- Accepted : 2005.04.12
- Published : 2005.05.30
Abstract
Prior studies about nursing home placement identified factors contributing to the risk of institutionalization by pooling adult child caregivers and spousal caregivers together, regardless of differential challenges for the two types of caregivers. In a sample of 456 caregivers followed for a 2 year period, an event history analysis showed that relationship made difference in time to placement and that differential factors led to institutionalization for spousal caregivers and daughter caregivers. Spousal caregivers are more likely to place dementia patients into nursing homes sooner than adult child caregivers. The age of care recipients and role captivity (refers to being unwilling, involuntary incumbent of a caregiver role) are predictors of placement for both groups of caregivers. Dementia patients who were older had a greater risk of institutionalization. Greater feelings of role captivity also shortened the time to placement. Income and education are significant predictors only for caregiving daughters. Daughters who had a high education level are more likely to delay nursing home placement whereas those who had a higher income are more likely to institutionalize their demented parents sooner. Use of day care and behavioral problems are significant predictors only for spousal caregivers. Specifically, use of day care and behavioral problems precipitates nursing home placement. The findings of this study suggest that interventions for helping family members to provide care to the demented elderly at home must consider different circumstances faced by caregiving spouses and caregiving daughters.
치매노인을 부양하는 배우자와 성인자녀가 접하는 어려움이 다름에도 불구하고, 선행 연구들은 이들을 한 집단으로 묶어 요양시설로의 입소에 미치는 요소를 분석하였다. 미국 뉴저지(New Jersey)와 오하이오(Ohio)주에 거주하는 치매 노인 부양자 456명을 대상으로 사건사 분석(Event History Analysis)을 실시한 결과, 배우자 부양자가 성인자녀 부양자에 비해 치매노인을 더 빨리 요양시설로 보내는 경향을 보여주었다. 치매노인의 연령과 역할 구속감(Role Captivity)은 두 집단 모두에게 유의미한 변수였는데, 치매노인의 연령과 부양자의 역할 구속감(Role Captivity)이 높을수록 요양시설로의 입소가 빨라지는 경향을 보였다. 교육수준과 소득은 성인자녀 부양자에게만 유의미한 변수로, 교육수준이 높을수록 시설로의 입소가 지연되었던 반면, 소득이 높을수록 시설로의 입소는 빨라지는 경향을 보였다. 한편 탁노소(Adult Day Care) 이용과 피부양자의 문제행동(Behavioral Problems)은 배우자 부양자에게만 유의미한 변수였으며, 탁노소를 이용할 경우와 피부양자의 문제행동이 증가할수록 요양시설로의 입소가 빨라지는 경향을 보였다.
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