Resilience and Perceived Social Support of the Caregivers Attending to Alzheimer’s Patients
Mandava Hemalatha *
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), Hyderabad-500004, India.
Nasreen Banu
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), Hyderabad-500004, India.
P. Sreedevi
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), Hyderabad-500004, India.
V. Kavitha Kiran
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Science, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), Hyderabad-500004, India.
S. L. Kameswari
Department of Home Science Extension and Communication Management, College of Home Science, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), Hyderabad-500004, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The study used to measure resilience of the caregivers attending to Alzheimer’s patients. Twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad were selected and total 60 caregivers were selected purposively for conducting the present study. Multidimensional scale of perceived social support scale which was developed by Zimet, Dahlem & Farley (1988) was used to measure perceived social support of caregiver and resilience was measured by using Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) which was developed by Kathryn M. Connor and Jonathan R.T. Davidson (2003). Results showed that there was no significant impact of caregiver’s demographic profile except a relationship with the patient. And patient demographic profile had no significant impact on the resilience of the caregiver. Multidimensional perceived social support had no significant impact on resilience of the caregiver. Hence it can be concluded that resilience is an individual characteristic.
Keywords: Resilience, social support, Alzheimer’s, caregivers