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Factors associated with family caregiver burden among frail older persons with multimorbidity

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2022
Introduction Singapore is facing an ageing population and the care needs of the population will increase in tandem. A segment of this population would be living with multimorbidity and frailty.
Teck Yong Gabriel Ding   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Becoming a Family Caregiver to a Person With Dementia: A Literature Review on the Needs of Family Caregivers

open access: yesSAGE Open Nursing, 2021
Introduction The dementia disease affects both the family caregivers’ health and social and psychological well-being. The aim of this review was to identify and describe the needs of family caregivers living with a person with dementia at home.
Vibeke Østergaard Steenfeldt   +1 more
exaly   +2 more sources

The impact of depression and anxiety on quality of life in Chinese cancer patient-family caregiver dyads, a cross-sectional study

open access: yesHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2018
Background Cancer and its treatment can result in psychological distress in both adults with cancer and in their family caregivers. This psychological distress acts as a significant adverse factor in patient-caregiver dyads. The study purposes included: (
Qiuping LI   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Understanding Family Caregiver Communication to Provide Family-Centered Cancer Care

open access: yesSeminars in Oncology Nursing, 2017
Objectives To describe a family caregiver communication typology and demonstrate identifiable communication challenges among four caregiver types: Manager, Carrier, Partner, and Lone.
Tami Borneman, Elaine Wittenberg
exaly   +2 more sources

Social support and depressive symptoms among family caregivers of older people with disabilities in four provinces of urban China: the mediating role of caregiver burden

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2020
Background To examine the relationship between social support and depressive symptoms of Chinese family caregivers of older people with disabilities, and to evaluate the role of caregiver burden as a potential mediator of that relationship.
Yaqin Zhong, Jian Wang, Stephen Nicholas
doaj   +2 more sources

Cancer Communication and Family Caregiver Quality of Life

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences, 2017
Family caregivers have enormous communication responsibilities tied to caregiving, such as sharing the patient’s medical history with providers, relaying diagnosis and prognosis to other family members, and making decisions about care with the patient ...
Elaine Wittenberg   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Availability of Family Caregiver Programs in US Cancer Centers

open access: yesJAMA Network Open, 2023
Key Points Question What are the availability and characteristics of family caregiver support programs in US cancer centers? Findings In this survey study of 238 Commission on Cancer–accredited US cancer centers, most had family caregiver programs ...
J. Odom   +17 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and family caregiver burden: a path analysis

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Studies reported the relationship between behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), cognitive function, caregiver burden, and therapeutic effects.
Bokyoung Kim, G. Noh, Kyunghee Kim
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Systematic Review of the Evidence for Stroke Family Caregiver and Dyad Interventions

open access: yesStroke, 2022
Stroke family caregiver and dyad literature has expanded over the past few years. The purpose of this review was to build upon 2 prior systematic reviews to critique, analyze, and synthesize the evidence pertaining to the impact of family caregiver and ...
T. Bakas, Michael J. McCarthy, E. Miller
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Decision-making in palliative care: patient and family caregiver concordance and discordance—systematic review and narrative synthesis

open access: yesBMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 2022
Background Decision-making in palliative care usually involves both patients and family caregivers. However, how concordance and discordance in decision-making manifest and function between patients and family caregivers in palliative care is not well ...
Sophie Mulcahy Symmons   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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