The family is defined as key persons who live or who are in close contact with the patient or who provide care or have taken on role as the main caregivers for a family member with schizophrenia. The caregivers should be at least 18 years old who can be parents, siblings, spouses, ...
Family caregivers of persons with dementia are faced with complex caregiving management needs. This study had two aims: (1) to identify caregiving management needs of family caregivers of persons with dementia and (2) identify any variables that might in
Emotion work is a part of family work but has not been described in the context of caring for a family member with dementia. Content analysis applied to 11 interviews of informal caregivers describing their interactions with a person with dementia resulted in four categories of emotion work: (1...
During sleep, sympathetic nervous system activity measured with heart rate variability was higher in caregivers of a family member with dementia than in noncaregivers, especially for the first half of their sleep period [22]. Other Psychosocial Factors Caregiver distress was associated with poor sleep...
Caregiving Hassles Scale: Assessing the Daily Hassles of Caring for a Family Member With Dementia1 Caregiving hassles scale: Assessing the daily hassles of caring for a family member with dementia. The Gerontologist - Kinney, Stephens - 1989 () Citation... JM Kinney,MAP Stephens - 《Gerontologist...
Being a family caregiver for someone with Alzheimer's disease is challenging, to say the least. You have good days and bad days together, and you do what you can to slow any progression of the disease. Your role can be even more stressful when your family member also has diabet...
PURPOSE: This study was to explore family member's caregiving stress and satisfaction of care for patients with dementia in long term care facilities and day care centers. METHODS: The subjects were 129 family members of elders with dementia from ten long term care facilities and eight day care...
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Discusses the results of the NYU Spouse Caregiver Intervention Study which addresses family caregiving for people with Alzheimer's disease. Adverse effects of caring for a family member with Alzheimer's disease; Effects of the disease on the person afflicted with Alzheimer's disease; Components of ...
Caring for a relative with a severe mental disorder puts family caregivers to a great risk of depression. While overall caregiving burden is a strong predi