# CAREGIVING PRACTICES IN HISPANIC AND ANGLO FAMILIES

> **NIH NIH R01** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · 1993 · $99,081

## Abstract

In this project we will examine ethnic and gender differences in (1) the
development and use of informal caregiving practices that spouses employ in
the home to take care of and manage the Alzheimer's patient, and (2) family
caregivers, consideration of and possible turn to formal caregiving
strategies, including support groups, respite and in-home care, day care,
and perhaps ultimately institutionalization.  Specific attention will be
given both to the nature and consequences of management practices developed
to control the behavior of the person with Alzheimer's, and to that
person's cooperation with or resistance to the caregiver's care and control
efforts.

The research will employ qualitative in-depth interviews at six month
intervals over a two year period with a final sample of 60 Hispanic and
Anglo Alzheimer spousal caregivers.  Our research design will also entail
participant observation field research focused on gatekeeping and entry
processes at agencies that either assess family caregiving needs and link
family caregivers with formal services, or that directly provide such
services.  These procedures will allow in-depth longitudinal analysis of
the experience and practices of informal family caregiving, and of the
processes of transition to formal care, including caregivers, efforts to
find out about, contact, assess, arrange for and implement such care.
Ethnic and gender variations in these processes will be brought out and
analyzed.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3122072
- **Project number:** 5R01AG010111-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
- **SAM.gov UEI:** RN64EPNH8JC6
- **Principal Investigator:** ROBERT M EMERSON
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1993
- **Award amount:** $99,081
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1992-09-01 → 1995-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3122072

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3122072, CAREGIVING PRACTICES IN HISPANIC AND ANGLO FAMILIES (5R01AG010111-02). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3122072. Licensed CC0.

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