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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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 +2 more
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The Role of Advance Care Planning in Cancer Patient and Caregiver Grief Resolution: Helpful or Harmful? [PDF]
Cancers, 2021 Cancer patients and their family caregivers experience various losses when patients become terminally ill, yet little is known about the grief experienced by patients and caregivers and factors that influence grief as patients approach death ...
Francesca Falzarano +2 more
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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
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Relationship between Depressive Symptoms, Caregiver Strain, and Social Support with Dementia Grief in Family Caregivers [PDF]
Medicina (Lithuania)Background and Objectives: Dementia grief in family caregivers of people with dementia refers to grieving prior to the death of the care recipient. It is related to psychosocial risk factors that may have a negative impact on the health of these family ...
Miriam Sánchez-Alcón +2 more
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Alzheimer’s Disease Caregiver Characteristics and Their Relationship with Anticipatory Grief [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 In Alzheimer’s disease, two fundamental aspects become important for caregivers: ambiguity and ambivalence. Thus, anticipatory grief is considered an active psychological process that is very different from the mere anticipation of death.
Alba Pérez-González +1 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]
International Journal of Geriatric 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 ...
Philip Yap +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 This study aimed to explore the relationship between caregiver burden and anticipatory grief among caregivers of elderly cancer patients, and to examine the chain mediation effects of family functioning and resilience. A total of 624 valid questionnaires
Nan Tang, Qing Zeng, Tang Nan
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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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