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A problem shared is a problem halved? Comparing burdens arising for family caregivers of patients with disorders of consciousness in institutionalized versus at home care

open access: yesBMC Psychology, 2018
Background Disorders-of-consciousness (DOC) are rare conditions leading to very severe physical and mental disabilities. Providing care for DOC patients has been described as a stressful experience, eroding the physical and psychological health of the ...
Inga Steppacher, Johanna Kissler
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Vietnamese Mourning Culture in Grief Symptomatology – A Study Protocol [PDF]

open access: yes
Losing a loved one is a universal and inevitable part of life; however, the way that bereaved individuals grieve and cope with loss varies between cultures.
Piccolo, Mayron   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The Longitudinal Effects of Caregiver Grief in Dementia and the Modifying Effects of Social Services: A Prospective Cohort Study

open access: yes, 2023
BACKGROUND: Caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD) can experience loss and grief long before the death of the PWD, with such caregiver grief postulated to affect the well-being of the PWD-caregiver dyads. However, the longitudinal effects of caregiver
Gerald Choon-Huat Koh (8775167)   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Factors Influencing Secondary Traumatic Stress in Pediatric Nurses: An Integrative Review

open access: yesResearch in Nursing &Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Secondary traumatic stress is a significant occupational concern in pediatric nursing because frequent exposure to traumatic events can compromise nurses' emotional health, increase burnout, and reduce the quality of care. The aim of this integrative review is to synthesize the current evidence on the prevalence and contributing factors of ...
Heemoon Lim, Won Jin Seo, Hyejung Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Continuing relationships with the deceased: Disentangling bonds and grief [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Some studies of the relationship between continuing bonds and grief intensity have claimed that continuing bonds lead to poor adaptation to bereavement.
Trauma and Grief   +6 more
core   +1 more source

When Time Stands Still: The Destructive Experience of Ambiguous Loss among Mothers of Combat Soldiers

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
What happens when stories refuse coherence? This article examines ambiguous loss among mothers of combat soldiers, focusing on how prolonged waiting and uncertainty infiltrate everyday life, eroding sensemaking. Drawing on ethnographic interviews, it explores how mothers experience the contraction of time and space—manifested in suspended routines ...
Shirly Bar‐Lev   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Caregiver Grief and Loss

open access: yes, 2022
Along with the fulfillment of being a foster caregiver comes the heartbreak of loss when a child moves from your home. In this training, DiTallianna Patterson discusses how caregivers, and their families, can process and heal from those moments of grief.
Patterson, LCSW, DiTallianna
core   +1 more source

“I thought he had longer than that”: family caregivers’ experiences of grief, loss, and bereavement in residential aged care

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care
Background Residential aged care is increasingly becoming the final place of care for many older adults in high-income countries. For many families, grief begins well before the death of their loved one, emerging as early as the time of entry into ...
Priyanka Vandersman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factor structure of Pre‐Loss Grief‐12 in caregivers of people living with dementia

open access: yesAlzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 2022
Introduction The objective was to develop and refine a version of the Prolonged‐Loss Grief‐12 (PG‐12) specific to caregivers of people living with dementia.
Juyoung Park   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

What causes grief in dementia caregivers? [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2014
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. Providing care to a person with AD influences caregiver's life and leads to feelings of grief, which often precede caregiver depression.
Warchol-Biedermann, Katarzyna   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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