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Assistive Technologies in Dementia Care: An Updated Analysis of the Literature

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Objectives: Technology can assist and support both people with dementia (PWD) and caregivers. Recently, technology has begun to embed remote components.
Alessandro Pappadà, Rabih Chattat, Ilaria Chirico, Marco Valente, Giovanni Ottoboni, Giovanni Ottoboni   +5 more
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Leo program, a short multi-family skill-based psychoeducational program for caregivers of relatives living with a severe mental disorder: a retrospective pilot study

Frontiers in Psychiatry
BackgroundCaring for a relative with a severe mental disorder (SMD) is associated with high levels of burden and poor physical and mental health. There is a dire need for family psychoeducational programs that can be provided as early as possible.
Louis-Ferdinand Lespine, Louis-Ferdinand Lespine, Bénédicte de Martène, Blandine Zeltner, Bénédicte Chenu, Céline Dubien Berbey, Romain Rey, Romain Rey, Romain Rey   +8 more
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Family Caregivers’ Knowledge of Delirium and Preferred Modalities for Receipt of Information [PDF]

, 2014
Delirium is a life-threatening, frequently reversible condition that is often a sign of an underlying health problem. In-hospital mortality alone for older adults with delirium ranges from 25% to 33%.
Boaz, Lesley, Bull, Margaret J., Sjostedt, Jennifer M.   +2 more
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Health education: a strategy of care for the lay caregiver Educación en salud: una estrategia de cuidado al cuidador lego Educação em saúde: uma estratégia de cuidado ao cuidador leigo

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2007
This article aimed to reflect about the importance of the role nurses perform in strategies of health education to lay caregivers, who are important actors in the health/disease process.
Luccas Melo de Souza, Wiliam Wegner, Maria Isabel Pinto Coelho Gorini   +2 more
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What outcomes in community mental health research are important to caregivers of people with schizophrenia? An exploratory qualitative analysis of an online survey

Neuropsychopharmacology Reports, 2022
Aims This study investigated outcomes in community mental health research that were important to caregivers of people with schizophrenia. Methods Using an online survey conducted from August 1 to 31, 2020, data were collected from caregivers belonging to
Naonori Yasuma, Takuma Shiozawa, Makoto Ogawa, Makiko Abe, Momoka Igarashi, Takayuki Kawaguchi, Sayaka Sato, Daisuke Nishi, Norito Kawakami, Sosei Yamaguchi, Chiyo Fujii   +10 more
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Depression and its associated factors in the caregivers of hospitalized patients with cancer [PDF]

World Cancer Research Journal, 2020
Objective: Cancer diagnosis can confront the patients’ first care and support source, their family and caregivers, with a serious crisis, likewise, they may show depressive symptoms. Paying attention to such an issue is of special importance in promoting
Z. Hasanpour, A. Jafari-Koulaee, M. Bagheri Nesami   +2 more
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Differences in the Experience of Caregiving Between Spouse and Adult Child Caregivers in Dementia With Lewy Bodies. [PDF]

, 2019
Background and objectivesDementia caregiving has been associated with increased burden, depression, grief, a decreased sense of well-being and quality of life, and a weakening of social support.
Ashwill, Robert T, Galvin, James E, Johnson, David K, Rigby, Taylor   +3 more
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Care, Caregiving, and Caregivers [PDF]

Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 1995
Research and common knowledge maintain that women are the primary caregivers of children and thus are crucial to explaining care. Yet most conceptual paradigms guiding the analysis of care allow little room for examining who is caring for the caregiver.
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Caregiver Support Program May Decrease Work-Family Conflict: An Intervention Study

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
The employed family caregivers juggle caregiving and work responsibilities constantly, highlighting a growing concern for their financial and professional well-being. Compared to the rich studies on the caregiving impact on the mental and physical health
Ke Wang PhD, Toni P. Miles MD, PhD, Jennifer M. Olsen DrPH, Lezlie Poole BA   +3 more
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Determinants of Caregivers’ Ability to Accurately Detect Acute Malnutrition Using Color-Coded Mid-Upper Arm Circumference Tape and Pitting Edema

Current Developments in Nutrition
Background: In Malawi, inadequate community health workers are delaying admission of acute malnutrition cases into therapeutic programs. Training caregivers to screen their children for early identification of acute malnutrition has been shown to improve
Benson C Singano, Collina A Tchongwe, Numeri C Geresomo, Tinna Ng’ong’ola-Manani, Aaron T Chikakuda, Alfred Ngwira, Stanley Mwase, Elsie Mawala, Benson Kazembe, Emma Budalla, Alexander A Kalimbira   +10 more
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