Effect of Caregiver’s Burden and Life Satisfaction on Older Adults Care Providers Psychological Well-Being in Ondo State

Abstract

This study investigated the effects caregivers’ burden and life satisfaction on older adults care providers psychological well-being in Ondo state. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study and the population comprised of older adults care providers in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State. A random sampling technique was used to select 180 participants. Three instruments were used measure the studied variables. The data collected were analysed using two-ways analysis of variance. Results obtained from this study showed that there were significant joint effects of caregiver’s burden and life satisfaction on older adults care providers psychological well-being in Ondo state. Based on these findings, it was recommended that the government and non-governmental organizations should endeavours to find means of managing psychological attributes such as caregiver’s self-efficacy, emotional labour, psychological well-being, and social networks of older adults care providers in Nigeria and it also recommended that, training programmes should be designed for older adult’s caregivers to enhance psychological well-being and life satisfaction, including coping strategies for caregiver burden in Nigeria.

Keywords: Caregiver’s Burden, Life Satisfaction and Psychological Well-Being.