Jones, S.Whitford, H.Bond, M.2015-05-282015-05-282015Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 2015; 33(2):178-1980734-73321540-7586http://hdl.handle.net/2440/91487This study assessed psychological morbidity and resilience, including the subjective burden of 76 caregivers of elderly cancer survivors utilizing a cross-sectional questionnaire. Participants were mainly elderly female spouses, sole-caregiving > 35 hours per week; 19.1% and 23.6% reported moderate or greater anxiety and depression, respectively. A significant regression model found depression, emotion-focused coping, and greater years since diagnosis as significant predictors of subjective caregiver burden. Thus, caregiving appears a dominant role for this group and the Brief Assessment Scale for Caregivers of the Medically Ill (BASC) appears to be an efficient screening tool for psychological morbidity in this under-supported group.enCopyright status unknowngeriatric; cancer; caregiver; burden; psychological morbidity; psychological resilienceJournal article003002617710.1080/07347332.2014.10026570003534174000052-s2.0-849288284052-s2.0-84925431529182762