The Family's Role in the Nursing Home

Abstract

Data were collected from 424 adult children of insti- tutionalized aged in order to assess the role behaviors associated with caregiving for a parent in a nursing home. Congruence was indicated between tasks family members were providing for the parent and tasks family members thought they should be providing. Predictors of non-technical tasks provided by adult children included more frequent visits, being female, and having parents with more illnesses; while predictors of technical tasks included more frequent visits. parents with more illnesses, older parents, and more technical tasks done by staff.