Intensity of Predeath Grief and Postdeath Grief of Family Caregivers in Palliative Care in Relation to Preparedness for Caregiving, Caregiver Burden, and Social Support [PDF]
Palliative Medicine Reports, 2020 Background: The intensity of predeath grief is associated with postdeath grief in family caregivers of patients in palliative care. Different factors during caregiving may influence this association.
Lena Axelsson +3 more
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The three dimensions of caregiver grief in dementia caregiving: Validity and utility of the subscales of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory. [PDF]
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 2020 BackgroundThe experience of grief in family caregivers as they provide care for persons with dementia is often overlooked. The Marwit‐Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory (MM‐CGI) is one among the few scales that capture such experiences. In a recent study, MM‐CGI was found to contain three subscales identifying dimensions of loss in caregivers—Personal ...
Chan I, Yap P, Wee SL, Liew TM.
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Assessing Grief in Family Caregivers of Individuals With Alcohol Use Disorder or Substance Use Disorder using the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory Short Form (MM-CGI-SF) [PDF]
Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 2020 This study assessed grief in caregivers of family members with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and substance use disorder (SUD) using the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory Short Form (MM-CGI-SF). We used snowball sampling to recruit participants who had
DeAnne Priddis, Mary Beth Asbury
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Development and validation of a simple screening tool for caregiver grief in dementia caregiving [PDF]
BMC Geriatrics, 2019 Background Loss and grief are experienced by caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD), relating to the ambiguous loss of PWD even when they are still alive and the anticipation of future loss related to their physical death. Such experience of caregiver
Tau Ming Liew +3 more
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A Brief, 6-Item Scale for Caregiver Grief in Dementia Caregiving. [PDF]
Gerontologist, 2020 Caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD) can experience loss and grief long before the death of the person. Although such experience of caregiver grief is measurable, available scales (such as the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory, MM-CGI) are lengthy and have overlaps with other caregiving constructs.
Liew TM, Yap P.
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Treating Caregiver Grief With Narrative Therapy [PDF]
Innov Aging, 2021 Abstract Dementia, a devastating neurodegenerative disease with over 10 million new diagnoses each year, is characterized by many symptoms including memory loss .Individuals with memory less experience changes in mood, personality, behavior, cognition and activities of daily living which affect their daily lives.
Matta T.
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What causes grief in dementia caregivers? [PDF]
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2014 [Abstract] Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease in the world. Most AD patients become dependent on their relatives, i.e. family caregivers.
Gregersen, Rikke +5 more
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Psychometric evaluation of the Farsi version of the Marwit-Meuser caregiver grief inventory-short form among family caregivers of patients with dementia [PDF]
BMC GeriatricsIntroduction One of the available tools for assessing caregiver grief is the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory - Short Form, which has not been translated into Farsi.
Seyedeh Reyhane Davodi +8 more
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Τhe Greek Version of the Marwit–Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory (MM-CGI) and MM-CGI Short Form (MM-CGI-SF): An Examination of Their Psychometric Properties in Family Caregivers of Persons with Dementia Before Death [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesFamily caregivers of dementia patients experience grief, not only after the death of the patient, but also during the course of the disease. The aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Greek version (full and short) of ...
Efthymia Tsigkou +7 more
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A preliminary validation of the traumatic grief inventory-kids-caregiver-report (TGI-K-CR) [PDF]
European Journal of PsychotraumatologyBackground: Prolonged grief disorder (PGD) is included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders text-revised fifth edition (DSM-5-TR) and in the International Classification of Diseases Eleventh Edition (ICD-11).
Lonneke I. M. Lenferink +1 more
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