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Informal and Formal Social Support and Caregiver Burden: The AGES Caregiver Survey

Journal of Epidemiology, 2016
Background: We examined the associations of informal (eg, family members and friends) and formal (eg, physician and visiting nurses) social support with caregiver’s burden in long-term care and the relationship between the number of available sources ...
Koichiro Shiba
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Variables related to the informal caregivers' burden of dependent senior citizens in Spain [PDF]

, 2009
The study aims at analyzing the psychosocial variables associated with the informal caregivers" burden of dependent older people. A sample of 296 dependent people and their informal caregivers (n= 153) was randomly selected among users and non-users of ...
Aneshensel, Balla, Belasco, Brodaty, Brodaty, Cabrera, Cannuscio, Carretero, Chappell, Cossette, Dunkin, Díaz, FCA (Family Caregiver Alliance), Francisco Ródenas, Gallagher-Thompson, Gallart, Garcés, Gaugler, Gaugler, Grunfeld, Haley, Hawranik, IPA (International Psychogeriatric Association), Jorge Garcés, Lawton, Mahoney, Malonebeach, Martín, Mears, Mockus Parks, MTAS (Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales), Navaie-Waliser, Patterson, Pearlin, Pearlin, Pearlin, Pfeiffer, Scharlach, Smilkstein, Smilkstein, Stephanie Carretero, Stommel, Vicente Sanjosé, Zarit, Zarit, Zarit, Zarit, Zarit, Zarit   +48 more
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Informal caring-time and caregiver satisfaction [PDF]

The European Journal of Health Economics, 2011
This paper examines the role of care decision processes on informal caring-time choices. We focus on three care decisions: the caregiver's own decision, a family decision and a recipient request. Results show that informal caregivers, engaged in care activities as a result of a family decision, are more likely to devote more than 5 h to care activities,
Marcén, Miriam, Molina, José Alberto
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Subjective caregiver burden and anxiety in informal caregivers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2021
There is increasing evidence that subjective caregiver burden is an important determinant of clinically significant anxiety in family carers. This meta-analysis aims to synthesise this evidence and investigate the relationship between subjective ...
Rafael Del-Pino-Casado, Emilia Priego-Cubero, Catalina López-Martínez, Vasiliki Orgeta   +3 more
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Geographical location as a determinant of caregiver burden: a rural-urban analysis of the informal caregiving, health, and healthcare survey in Ghana

BMC Primary Care
Background The caregiving scholarship widely acknowledges informal caregivers’ contributions to maintaining older adults’ health and well-being. However, informal caregivers encounter economic, physical, social, financial and psychological challenges ...
Williams Agyemang-Duah, Mark W. Rosenberg   +1 more
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Caregiver Burden and Quality of Life in Late Stage Parkinson’s Disease

Brain Sciences, 2022
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive, neurodegenerative disease involving both motor and non-motor symptoms (NMS). In the late stage of the disease, Hoehn and Yahr (HY) stages IV-V, the symptomatology is often severe and patients become ...
Kristina Rosqvist, Anette Schrag, Per Odin, the CLaSP Consortium   +3 more
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Caregiver Burden and Perceived Health Competence when Caring for Family Members Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose: To identify if there is a relationship between perceived health competence and burden of care of informal caregivers of family members with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD).
Bailes, Christine
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The contribution of caregiver psychosocial factors to distress associated with behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia [PDF]

, 2016
Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Objective: The objective of the study is to examine caregiver factors as predictors of BPSD-related distress and their potential mechanisms.
Ablitt, American Psychiatric Association, Ankri, Arbuckle, Bandeira, Baron, Bentler, Bentler, Bird, Campbell, Chan, Cheng, Craig, Crellin, Cummings, Cummings, EuroQoL Group, Fauth, Franche, Gaugler, Gonyea, Greene, Holmbeck, IBM Corp., Iecovich, Jackson, Jarrett, Kline, Kline, Knight, Lee, Lenior, Lyonette, Melo, Miranda-Castillo, Ngai, Orgeta, Ornstein, Pearlin, Powers, Preacher, Quinn, Reisberg, Roach, Schreiber, Siegert, Sobel, Springate, Spruyette, Steadman, Steiger, Tan, Teri, Townsend, Vernooij-Dassen, Vernooij-Dassen, Vugt, Wells, Williamson, Zarit   +59 more
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Complementary music therapy for cancer patients in at-home palliative care and their caregivers: protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2020
Background Patients with advanced cancer, receiving at-home palliative care, are subject to numerous symptoms that are changeable and often require attention, a stressful situation that also impacts on the family caregiver.
Barón López, Francisco Javier, Casals Vázquez, Cristina, Espinar Toledo, Milagrosa, Martínez Valero, Francisco Javier, Valero Cantero, Inmaculada, Vázquez Sánchez, María Ángeles   +5 more
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Caregiver burden profiles and associated factors among informal caregivers of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open
Objectives To identify caregiver burden profiles among informal caregivers of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes and explore associated factors.Design A multicentre cross-sectional survey was conducted.Setting and participants The study was ...
Liying Zhang, Yun Chen, Jia Guo, Yang Jundi, Ruiling Lei, Amina Wusiman, Sheng Jiang   +6 more
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