Socio-demographic, Health and Functional Status Correlates of Caregiver Burden Among Care Recipients Age 60 Years and Older in Jamaica.
The provision of care to older persons can impose significant burden on those providing care, burdens influenced by care recipient characteristic, caregiver attributes and availability of social support. This paper focuses on identifying relationships between caregiver burden and the socio-demographic, health and functional status attributes of care recipients age 60 years and older in Jamaica. A nationally representative cross-sectional study was done among persons providing non-institutional care for a single person 60 years and older. Data were obtained from a total of 180 caregivers from the four geographic health regions of Jamaica using the Zarit Burden Interview and a 44-question structured questionnaire. Associations between caregiver burden and socio-demographic, health and functional status of care recipients were examined and logistic regression applied to ascertain independent predictors of caregiver burden. The results revealed statistically significant relationships between caregiver burden and care recipients' receipt of conditional cash transfer grants and the ability to toilet independently. In multivariate analysis, ability to toilet remained a significant predictor of caregiver burden-Caregivers who had care recipients who were able to toilet independently were 71% less likely to have mild to severe caregiver burden compared to those who had care recipients that were not able to toilet (OR 0.29; 95% CI 0.14-0.57). Families, health care providers, social workers, state actors and caregivers should take this into account as they develop strategies to mitigate associated caregiver burden.
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Caregiver burden Care recipients Ageing Jamaica