Association and interaction between resilience and psychological distress in disabled elderly-caregiver dyads: An actor-partner interdependence model.

Objectives: This study examined the association and interaction between resilience and psychological distress in disabled elderly-caregiver dyads.

Methods: A total of 246 disabled elderly individuals and their family caregivers were studied using the Resilience Scale and the Distress Thermometer and Problem List. The data analysis employed the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) method based on structural equation modelling.

Dyadic transmission of depression in the elderly people with disabilities to caregiver burden: Multiple mediating roles of caring ability and resilience.

Objectives: The interaction between elderly people with disabilities and their caregivers and the improvement of caregiver burden is important for elderly people with disabilities and their caregivers. This study aims to explore the multiple mediating roles of caregiver's caring ability and resilience in depression in the elderly people with disabilities on caregiver burden.

Methods: A total of 246 elderly people with disabilities at home and their family caregivers from 5 regions were investigated by questionnaires, including the General Information Questionnaire, the Patient Health Questionnaire, the Family Caregiver Task Inventory, the Resilience Scale, and the Caregiver Burden Interview.