Abstract
Factors that alleviate or enhance care-giving burden of people caring for elderly family members were investigated. Participants were 175 primary family caregivers aged 33 to 86 years, who received some form of care service. Results suggested that social support from family members partially alleviated the care-giving burden. However, out of family social support did not alleviate this burden. A possible explanation for the former might be the effect of care-giving stress on the relationship between social support from family and care-giving burden. On the other hand, factors that enhance care-giving burden were not found. Implications of these findings for future research in this field are discussed.
