Dr. Bill Haley is a Professor at the School of Aging Studies at the University of South Florida. With his collaborative work with Dr. David Roth of Johns Hopkins University, they have discovered some new things about caregivers that might surprise you. In this week’s episode, Dr. Haley breaks down their research and underlines some of the positive results of caregiving.

Key Takeaways:

[2:35] Many caregivers experience positives and negatives simultaneously in their caregiving journey.

[6:00] After interviewing/tracking 30,000+ people, Dr. Haley has discovered that under 20% of the caregivers in that people group are highly strained and stressed.

[8:10] Dr. Haley breaks down how the study is conducted and their 30,000+ random population sample size.

[10:55] In Dr. Haley’s sample size, he is looking at all types of people, including caregivers, and he is able to see that not everyone is reaching out for help and not everyone is stressed/depressed about their caregiving situation.

[11:35] People generally think of caregiving as overwhelming, but Dr. Haley has discovered some surprising results about caregivers.

[13:30] How does someone measure lower or higher mortality?

[16:45] Caregiving is a very normal thing for people to do.

[18:00] What are some of the positive aspects of caregiving?

[21:00] Dr. Haley also answers some criticism/concerns he has received from caregiver advocacy groups.

Mentioned in This Episode:

Dr. William Haley Faculty Bio

Dr. David Roth Faculty Bio

The Dr. Steven Zarit Burden Scale

Higher mortality risk in caregiving -1999 paper

Lower mortality risk in caregiving - 2015 paper

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