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      Assessing Grief of Family Caregivers of People with Dementia: Validation of the Chinese Version of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory.

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          Grief in dementia caregiving is underexplored in research studies in the Chinese context, yet social workers often work with caregivers of people with dementia (PWD) and who experience grief. Having a valid assessment tool can help social workers better identify the grief of caregivers and facilitate caregivers' articulation of grief. This article describes a study aimed to validate the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory-Short Form (C-MM-CGI-SF) among Hong Kong Chinese caregivers of PWD. One hundred and twenty caregivers participated in this study. They were recruited from day care centers and a memory clinic. The short version of MM-CGI was translated into Chinese, and participants were asked to complete a questionnaire that included this scale and other scales validating it. Reliability and validity were examined. C-MM-CGI-SF was found to be a reliable and valid measure in the Hong Kong context. Its construct validity was demonstrated by the positive correlations with caregiving strain and depression, and negative correlations with presence of meaning and life satisfaction. The discriminant validity was supported by showing that spousal caregivers' grief level was significantly higher than that of nonspousal caregivers. Authors recommend social workers using the C-MM-CGI-SF to assess the grief of Chinese caregivers caring for people suffering from dementia.

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          Journal
          Health Soc Work
          Health & social work
          Oxford University Press (OUP)
          0360-7283
          0360-7283
          Aug 01 2017
          : 42
          : 3
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Social Work, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, 852h, Hong Kong. Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong. Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, and Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong. Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong.
          Article
          3859289
          10.1093/hsw/hlx022
          28575234
          a44b9c9e-52b3-421a-9718-9ca058c186b8
          History

          Hong Kong, China,dementia caregiving,grief assessment,validation

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