Caregiving for Individuals with Chronic Illness or Injury

Intensive Cross Cutting Poster

(643699) POSTER: Factors Associated With Depressive Symptoms in Carepartners of Chronic Stroke Survivors

Presenting Author(s)

• 

  Sarah Blanton, PT, DPT

  Associate Professor
  Emory University
  Pine Lake, Georgia

Author(s)

• PC

  Patricia Clark, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN

  Professor Emeritus
  Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing Georgia State University
  Fairhope, Georgia
• GC

  George Cotsonis, MA

  Senior Associate Faculty, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
  Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
  Atlanta, Georgia
• SD

  Sandra Dunbar, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, FPCNA

  Professor, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Advancement
  Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Emory University
  Atlanta, Georgia

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe the relationship of carepartner and stroke survivor factors associated with carepartner depressive symptoms
• Upon completion, participant will be able to list the relationship of depressive symptoms in carepartners to their caregiving outcomes, levels of family functioning and stroke survivor memory and behavior problems
• Upon completion, participant will be able to describe the impact of depressive symptoms and family conflict on the carepartner's ability to provide autonomy support to their loved one after stroke.