Research on Rural Caregiving
- 1 October 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Applied Gerontology
- Vol. 28 (2), 139-170
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464808326294
Abstract
The goals of this article are to present a systematic review of rural caregiving research and provide suggestions for future research efforts. The review, conducted through a search of databases, was limited to original research articles published between 1990 and 2007. The articles focused on informal caregiving of dependent older adults in rural settings. Thirty-one articles met the inclusion criteria, with 11 being rural/urban comparative studies and 20 being rural only studies. The majority of the studies were quantitative and cross-sectional. Areas for improvement in future research include incorporating theory, defining key terms, using probability sampling, examining data longitudinally, including objective measures, recruiting more racially/ethnically diverse samples, and using a mixed-method approach. Currently, it is difficult to know the extent to which the rural environment influences informal caregiving. Additional research is needed to develop a more thorough understanding of caregiving in the rural context.This publication has 37 references indexed in Scilit:
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