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Research on Rural Caregiving

A Literature Review

R. Turner Goins

West Virginia University, Morgantown, rgoins{at}hsc.wvu.edu

S. Melinda Spencer

University of South Carolina, Columbia

Joshua C. Byrd

West Virginia University, Morgantown

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.

Key Words: rural • caregiving • literature review

This version was published on April 1, 2009

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Vol. 28, No. 2, 139-170 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0733464808326294
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