The effectiveness of a life story program on stress reduction among chinese american family caregivers of older adults |
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| Authors: | Man Wai Alice Lun |
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| Institution: | Social Science, Human Services, and Criminal Justice Department, Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA |
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| Abstract: | The study aims to examine the effectiveness of a life story program on reducing Chinese American family caregivers’ stress due to the burden of caregiving. This study conducted a quasi-experimental pre-posttest research design. A simple one-way ANOVA was performed to test the significance of the intervention on caregivers’ burden. The life story was not found to be directly statistically significant on reducing burden. However, through the life story intervention, it was discovered that among Chinese American family caregivers their perceived lower dependency of the care receiver, fewer needs of the care receiver and unknown time frame of continuation of care were statistically significant on the burden scale. The life story intervention improved family caregivers’ insight and judgment on the effect that care receivers’ needs and demands had on their continuation of caregiving. |
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