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Frontiers in Public HealthObjectiveThis study examined differences in care burden between formal and informal caregivers of dependent older adults according to care-related characteristics, and whether care time had a moderating effect on the relationship between care-related ...
Eunmi Oh +4 more
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Design Opportunities for Supporting Informal Caregivers [PDF]
Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2016 This paper highlights key opportunities for technology design for informal caregivers who provide long-term in-home care. For this purpose, a study with informal caregivers was conducted, including interviews (N=4) and online questionnaires (N=34) based on holistic analysis of supportive technologies. These investigations provide a deeper understanding
Bosch, Lilian +3 more
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Caring for the informal cancer caregiver
Current Opinion in Supportive & Palliative Care, 2019 Purpose of review Informal cancer caregivers play a vital role in the physical, functional, and emotional well being of cancer patients. However, the majority of informal caregivers are not prepared for their caregiving role.
Virginia, Sun, Dan J, Raz, Jae Y, Kim
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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 +3 more
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Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and FinancingIntroduction Informal caregivers provide essential assistance to older adults living at home, but can experience burden and unmet needs. While caregiver burden is well studied, its conceptual boundaries and relationship to unmet needs remain unclear ...
Sirrý Sif Sigurlaugardóttir +6 more
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The Informal Caregivers' Perception of Wandering
American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementias®, 2011 Although the term wandering is routinely used by clinicians, researchers, and informal caregivers (ICs), the meaning of this term varies depending on the source of the definition and the context in which it is used. The purpose of this study was to examine the terms ICs used to describe different scenarios that have been identified in literature as ...
Houston, Amy M. +3 more
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Stroke, 2016 Caregiving by family and local community has been part of every society and presumably included those affected by stroke, long before there was any knowledge of what comprised a stroke. In Western societies, changes in family structure and development of health and social services have increased caregiving by professionals, albeit still with a ...
Jeyaraj D, Pandian +3 more
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Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2016 Limited research has explored whether the burden associated with caring for homebound patients varies across racial groups or by relationship status. We examined these variations for this vulnerable population.
Ania Wajnberg MD +5 more
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BMC NursingBackground The healthcare system primarily focuses on patients without engaging with, supporting, or attending to the needs of informal caregivers. A small portion of the literature pays attention to caregivers’ physical health outcomes.
Eman Alhalal +5 more
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The effect of burden and loneliness on depression in female caregivers through purpose in life
BMC Public HealthBackground Family caregivers of individuals with disabilities often experience a significant caregiver burden, which has been associated with higher levels of depressive symptomatology.
Inmaculada Aragonés Barberá +4 more
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