Types of Family Caregiving and Daily Experiences in Midlife and Late Adulthood: The Moderating Influences of Marital Status and Age

Providing care to a family member with health conditions may lead to stress and re-adjustment of daily time use. To examine caregivers' daily time use and stress exposure, a sample of 162 caregivers of children with developmental disabilities, spouses with health conditions, or parents with health conditions participated in the study. Results revealed that the three types of caregivers had similar patterns of time use, and caregivers of children with developmental disabilities reported more stress than the other two types of caregivers.