AGE-ADAR Scholars Program at West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2023 Jan;96(1):106-116. doi: 10.1177/00914150221106726. Epub 2022 Jun 9.
Although 10% of family caregivers are grandchildren, only a few studies have examined the experience of grandchildren who provide care to grandparents. The current study examined the caregiving processes and outcomes of grandchild caregivers to grandparents. Participants were ( = 5,778) adults identified as a caregiver, including 311 adult grandchildren. Analyses showed that although caregivers to grandparents did not differ significantly from other family caregivers in terms of depression, grandchildren did differ on a variety of demographic and caregiving context variables. A hierarchical binary logistic regression showed that providing personal care and helping with household tasks contribute to the equation, however, grandchild status did not uniquely contribute to the equation after other elements of the caregiving and personal contexts were entered. Post-hoc analyses identified additional predictors within the group of grandchild caregivers. The current study is an important starting point in understanding the experiences of grandchildren caregivers.
尽管有 10%的家庭照顾者是孙辈，但只有少数研究考察了照顾祖父母的孙辈的经历。本研究考察了孙辈照顾者照顾祖父母的过程和结果。参与者为（ = 5778）名被认定为照顾者的成年人，其中包括 311 名成年孙辈。分析表明，尽管照顾祖父母的照顾者在抑郁方面与其他家庭照顾者没有显著差异，但在各种人口统计学和照顾背景变量上存在差异。分层二项逻辑回归显示，提供个人护理和帮助家务劳动有助于得出结论，但在考虑到照顾和个人背景的其他因素后，孙辈身份并没有对该结论做出独特的贡献。事后分析确定了孙辈照顾者群体内的其他预测因素。本研究是理解孙辈照顾者经历的重要起点。
