In this study of 262 individuals caring for victims of Alzheimer's disease, the time-invariant
factors of caregiver gender and generational relationship were analyzed for their negative
impacts on caregiving. Caregiving impacts included strain in family relationships, restrictions
in social activity, and decline in health. Results indicate that the impacts of caregiving are not
distributed uniformly among caregivers but vary according to both caregiver gender and the
generational relationship between the caregiver and the care recipient. Caregiver gender
influences strain in family relationships and decline in caregiver health; generational relationship affects restrictions in caregiver social activity. To a lesser extent, caregiving involvement is
affected by both gender and generational relationship.
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