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Informal caregiving for cancer patients [PDF]

Cancer, 2013
According to the recent worldwide estimation by the GLOBOCAN project, in total, 12.7 million new cancer cases and 7.6 million cancer deaths occurred in 2008. The worldwide number of cancer survivors within 5 years of diagnosis has been estimated at be almost 28.8 million.
Romito, Francesca, Goldzweig, Gil, Cormio, Claudia, Hagedoorn, Mariet, Andersen, Barbara L.   +4 more
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Sociodemographic structure and health care-related outcomes of community-dwelling dementia caregiving dyads: a latent class replication study

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background The identification of dyadic subgroups of individuals living with dementia and their informal caregivers can help to design effective tailored support.
Henrik Wiegelmann, Karin Wolf-Ostermann, Niels Janssen, Hein van Hout, Janet L. MacNeil Vroomen, Farhad Arzideh   +5 more
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Technological Applications Contributing to Relieve Care Burden or to Sleep of Caregivers and People With Dementia: A Scoping Review From the Perspective of Social Isolation

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
The need for care will increase in the coming years. Most people with a disability or old age receive support from an informal caregiver. Caring for a person with dementia can be difficult because of the BPSD (Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of ...
Chantal Huisman, Emelieke Huisman, Helianthe Kort, Helianthe Kort   +3 more
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Strategies for Alleviating the Burden Experienced by Informal Caregivers of Persons With Severe Mental Disorders in Transitional Countries: Protocol for a Scoping Review

JMIR Research Protocols, 2023
BackgroundCaregiver burden is highly prevalent among the informal caregivers of persons with severe mental disorders (SMDs).
Olindah Silaule, Fasloen Adams, Nokuthula Gloria Nkosi   +2 more
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Informal Caregivers’ Roles in Dementia: The Impact on Their Quality of Life

Life, 2020
The constantly changing process of caring for a person with dementia affects the informal caregivers’ role due to its psychosocial impact. This cross-sectional study aimed to analyze the impact of the Person with Dementia informal caregiver’s role ...
Cindy E. Frias, Esther Cabrera, Adelaida Zabalegui   +2 more
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Informal Caregivers’ Perceptions of Self-Efficacy and Subjective Well-Being When Using Telecare in the Home Environment: A Qualitative Study

Geriatrics, 2022
Background: Self-efficacy (SE) can be used to explain informal caregivers’ ability to cope with the challenges of caregiving. Although SE impacts informal caregivers’ subjective well-being, its effects have not yet been studied from the perspective of ...
Simona Hvalič-Touzery, Kaja Smole-Orehek, Vesna Dolničar   +2 more
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The Working Informal Caregiver Model: A Mixed Methods Approach to Explore Future Informal Caregiving by Working Caregivers

Sustainability, 2022
A growing number of informal caregivers of older adults combine caregiving with a paid job, raising the question of whether they will be able to meet the increasing demand for informal care. The aims of our study are twofold: first, to describe the development of a model providing insight into the factors that play a role in the availability and ...
Eline E. Vos, Henk B. M. Hilderink, Simone R. de Bruin, Allard J. van der Beek, Karin I. Proper   +4 more
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Informal Caregiving: Perceived Needs

Nursing Science Quarterly, 2008
With the increasing population of persons over the age of 65 who need daily assistance in Spain, there is considerable need to better understand informal caregivers' views, particularly about the resources that are available to them, or should be available to them.
Zabalegui, Adelaida, Bover, Andeu, Rodríguez-Higueras, Encarna, Cabrera, Esther, Diaz, Magdalena, Gallart, Alberto, González, Araceli, Gual, Pilar, Izquierdo, María D., López, Luis, Pulpon, Anna M, Ramírez, Ana   +11 more
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Informal Caregiving: A Reappraisal of Effects on Caregivers [PDF]

Social Issues and Policy Review, 2014
For decades caregiver distress (psychological and physical) has been considered an inevitable outcome of providing care for family members, loved ones, and others who require assistance. This negative assessment of informal caregiving pervades not only peer‐reviewed scientific articles, but also caregiving‐relevant agency reports, fact sheets, policy ...
Brown, R. Michael, Brown, Stephanie L.
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Sharing in the life of the person with disability: A Ghanaian perspective

African Journal of Disability, 2015
This thought article was a hermeneutic inquiry into the experiences of informal caregivers of the elderly who are also physically disabled. The experiences of some Ghanaian informal caregivers were examined in three clinical cases and laced with the ...
Frances E. Owusu-Ansah
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