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The Impact of Anticipatory Grief on Caregiver Burden in Dementia Caregivers [PDF]
The Gerontologist, 2009 Interest in anticipatory grief (AG) has typically focused on terminal diseases such as cancer. However, the issues involved in AG are unique in the context of dementia due to the progressive deterioration of both cognitive and physical abilities.
Caitlin K, Holley, Benjamin T, Mast
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Veterinary Evidence, 2021 Objective: The aim of this study was to qualitatively explore veterinary professionals’ use and perceptions of grief resources and services to support companion animal caregivers following companion animal euthanasia.
Alisha Matte, Deep Khosa, Michael Meehan
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 The objectives of the present study were to adapt a grief intervention program to family caregivers of patients with dementia, and assess its effectiveness in improving the symptoms of grief and other health-related variables.
Jorge Bravo-Benítez +5 more
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Effectiveness of a Grief Intervention for Caregivers of People With Dementia [PDF]
OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying, 2016 In this article, we report on the structure and effectiveness of a grief management coaching intervention with caregivers of individuals with dementia. The intervention was informed by Marwit and Meuser’s Caregiver Grief Model and considered levels of grief, sense of empowerment, coping, and resilience using five methods of delivery.
MacCourt, Penny +3 more
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BMC Nursing, 2022 Background Dementia is a syndrome that reduces the cognitive and functional abilities of the brain increasing the need for care. The caregivers of these patients are mostly their family members.
Leila Jahani +3 more
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BMC Palliative Care, 2022 Background Anticipatory grief has been shown to be highly prevalent among family caregivers of patients with advanced illness. Qualitative study suggests that illness uncertainty may be one of the core characteristics of anticipatory grief, but it has ...
Jiaojiao Li +7 more
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A brief measure of predeath grief in dementia caregivers: the Caregiver Grief Questionnaire
International Psychogeriatrics, 2019 The study of predeath grief is hampered by measures that are often lengthy and not clearly differentiated from other caregiving outcomes, most notably burden. We aimed to validate a new 11-item Caregiver Grief Questionnaire (CGQ) assessing two dimensions of predeath grief, namely relational deprivation and emotional pain.Cross-sectional survey ...
Sheung-Tak Cheng +2 more
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Grief, Mindfulness and Neural Predictors of Improvement in Family Dementia Caregivers
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2019 Background: Family dementia caregivers often suffer from an immense toll of grief while caring for their loved ones. We sought to identify the clinical relationship between grief, depression and mindfulness and identify neural predictors of ...
Felipe A. Jain +12 more
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How Adults With an Intellectual Disability Experience Bereavement and Grief: A Qualitative Exploration [PDF]
, 2014 This qualitative study explored the lived experiences of bereavement of 13 adults with an intellectual disability and found that their experiences could be situated within the concept of disenfranchised grief.
Quayle, Ethel; id_orcid +5 more
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BMJ Open, 2021 Introduction Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is one of the most common degenerative dementias. Despite the fact that most individuals with DLB die from complications of the disease, little is known regarding what factors predict impending end of life or ...
Zhigang Li +9 more
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