ArticleJournal of pain and symptom management2022
Balancing Work and Hospice Caregiving-A Closer Look at Burden, Preparedness, and Mental Health.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Medicare Hospice Benefit's Origins: Lessons on End-of-Life Caregiving.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Review
- Employment Status, Self-Rated Health, and Stress Among Family Caregivers of Community-Dwelling Care Recipients in Japan.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Financial hardship in cancer family caregivers: a scoping review.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Assessing the Unmet Social Needs and Financial Hardship of Cancer Caregivers: A Scoping Review.Current oncology reports · 2025Article
- "What Do You Get? Nothing": A Qualitative Analysis of the Financial Impact of Family Caregiving for a Dying Relative at Home in Germany.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Caregivers' care experiences of children with developmental dislocation of the hip in Tibet, China: a convergent mixed-methods study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Rural Family Caregiving: A Closer Look at the Impacts of Health, Care Work, Financial Distress, and Social Loneliness on Anxiety.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
contextNavigating end-of-life is stressful and many caregivers feel unprepared for caregiving tasks. Being employed may further increase caregiver burden.
objectivesStudy objectives were 1) to examine the relationships among caregiver burden (financial burden, daily schedule disruption, lack of family support) and mental health (depression and anxiety), and 2) explore if preparedness for caregiving mediates these relationships in employed hospice caregivers.
methodsThis was a secondary analysis of baseline data from a prospective multi-site project of hospice family caregivers of cancer patients. Employed hospice caregivers (n = 166) completed items assessing burden, mental health, and preparedness for caregiving. Hierarchical linear regression and mediation analysis were conducted.
resultsCaregivers were primarily White (n = 155, 93%) and female (n = 116, 70%), with a mean age of 55 (SD = 11.7). After controlling for demographic variables, financial burden was significantly related to anxiety (b =.16[.001, .32], P <.05), lack of family support was significantly related to depression (b = 1.27[.76, 1.79], P <.01), and daily schedule disruption was significantly related to both anxiety (b = 1.92[1.07, 2.77], P <.01), and depression (b =.70[.14, 1.26], P <.05) in regression analyses. In mediation analysis, financial burden, daily schedule disruption, and lack of family support were indirectly related to both depression and anxiety through preparedness for caregiving.
conclusionTo better support employed caregivers, hospice team members should be ready to address concerns about finances, daily schedule changes, and family support and screen for preparedness for caregiving. Developing strategies to help employed hospice caregivers feel more prepared may mitigate adverse mental health outcomes.
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