{"title":"Effects of Activities on the Psychological Well-Being of Caregivers of Older Adults: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Sarah Won, Valerie T Cotter, Natalie G Regier","doi":"10.1177/07334648241275817","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Given that approximately 41.8 million Americans provide unpaid care to older adults and caregiving roles are often associated with decreased well-being, it is critical to identify strategies to maximize their well-being. The purpose of this review was to explore which activities significantly improve well-being among caregivers of older adults. A systematic literature review was conducted using PsycINFO and 24 research articles met inclusion criteria and were included in the final analysis. Eight cohesive activity categories were identified: Social (<i>n</i> = 5), Psychoeducation (<i>n</i> = 3), Arts/entertainment in the home (<i>n</i> = 2), Psychotherapy (<i>n</i> = 5), Religious/Spiritual (<i>n</i> = 4), Multimodal (<i>n</i> = 4), Physical (<i>n</i> = 5), and Arts/entertainment outside the home (<i>n</i> = 2). Findings suggest that caregivers of older adults should seek opportunities for engagement in meaningful activities, particularly social, psychoeducational activities, arts/entertainment activities in the home, which showed positive impacts, as well as psychotherapy, religious/spiritual, multimodal, and physical activities, which showed mixed impacts on caregivers' psychological well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":47970,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Gerontology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Applied Gerontology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648241275817","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"GERONTOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Given that approximately 41.8 million Americans provide unpaid care to older adults and caregiving roles are often associated with decreased well-being, it is critical to identify strategies to maximize their well-being. The purpose of this review was to explore which activities significantly improve well-being among caregivers of older adults. A systematic literature review was conducted using PsycINFO and 24 research articles met inclusion criteria and were included in the final analysis. Eight cohesive activity categories were identified: Social (n = 5), Psychoeducation (n = 3), Arts/entertainment in the home (n = 2), Psychotherapy (n = 5), Religious/Spiritual (n = 4), Multimodal (n = 4), Physical (n = 5), and Arts/entertainment outside the home (n = 2). Findings suggest that caregivers of older adults should seek opportunities for engagement in meaningful activities, particularly social, psychoeducational activities, arts/entertainment activities in the home, which showed positive impacts, as well as psychotherapy, religious/spiritual, multimodal, and physical activities, which showed mixed impacts on caregivers' psychological well-being.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Applied Gerontology (JAG) is the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. It features articles that focus on research applications intended to improve the quality of life of older persons or to enhance our understanding of age-related issues that will eventually lead to such outcomes. We construe application broadly and encourage contributions across a range of applications toward those foci, including interventions, methodology, policy, and theory. Manuscripts from all disciplines represented in gerontology are welcome. Because the circulation and intended audience of JAG is global, contributions from international authors are encouraged.