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The Family’S Voice: Caregiving For An Older Adult, Deborah J. Mason
The Family’S Voice: Caregiving For An Older Adult, Deborah J. Mason
Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers
The purpose of this research was to explore the family as a unit, in particular the effects on the multigenerational family when at least one person is giving care to an adult over the age of 65. While, most prior research focused on the caregiver, this study looked at family as a whole single unit. The respondents were asked to describe how the caregiving affected them personally as well as how it affected the family.
The sample for this study included 16 adult family members of caregivers for a person over age 65. Data was collected utilizing an online survey. …