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This article examines the heterogeneity of the caregiving experience for female family caregivers, using a national probability sample. Caregiving was found to have negative associations for caregivers in a number of domains, with women who cared for their husbands reporting the most negative outcomes. Both a longer duration of caregiving and coresidence put the caregiver at risk for more negative outcomes. The implications of these findings for future research and service delivery are examined.
Hoyert et al. (Wed,) studied this question.