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Perceived Caregiver Burden in India

Implications for Social Services

San Francisco State University, rgupta{at}sfsu.edu

Nancy Rowe

University of Texas at Arlington, rowe{at}uta.edu

Vijayan K. Pillai

University of Texas at Arlington, pillai{at}uta.edu

The study presented here explores the influences of selected social and social psychological factors that are associated with perceived caregiver burden in a sample of 263 primary caregivers of the elderly in Allahabad City in northern India. The results indicate that although male caregivers' perceived burden depends only on the size of the role overload, female caregivers' perceived burden depends on the interrelationship between the size of the role overload and adherence to Asian cultural norms. Implications of the findings for social work are discussed.

Key Words: Asian Indians • cultural norms • elderly persons • feminist perspective • role overload

Affilia, Vol. 24, No. 1, 69-79 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0886109908326998


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