Is more care recipient time at home also a family caregiver-centered quality of life measure?
Courtney H Van HoutvenKaren M StechuchakPaul A DennisKasey DecosimoChelsea L WhitfieldNina R SperberS Nicole HastingsMegan Shepherd-BaniganBrystana G KaufmanValerie A SmithPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2024)
Whereas total care recipient time away from home had some negative spillovers to family caregivers, the countervailing effects of unique settings on caregiver QoL may mask net QoL effects. This finding limits the utility of a single care recipient home time measure as a valid caregiver-centered measure. Considering cumulative care recipient time in individual settings separately may be needed to reveal the true net effects on caregiver QoL.