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End-of-life priorities of older adults with terminal illness and caregivers: A qualitative consultation [PDF]

, 2019
Background As older adults approach the end‐of‐life (EOL), many are faced with complex decisions including whether to use medical advances to prolong life. Limited information exists on the priorities of older adults at the EOL.
Barr, Margo, Cardona, Magnolia, Dawson, Angela, Hanly, Laura, Harrison, Reema, Hillman, Ken, Lewis, Ebony T., McFarland, Kathryn, Psirides, Alex, Zammit, Alexandra   +9 more
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The effect of burden and loneliness on depression in female caregivers through purpose in life

BMC Public Health
Background 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, Alejandro Sanchis-Sanchis, Catalina Patricia Morales-Murillo, María Dolores Grau Sevilla, Familia y factores de riesgo y protección en discapacidad y psicopatología. Campus Capacitas   +4 more
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Digital Informal Care: The Use of Technology in Family Care. A Scoping Review

Public Health Reviews
ObjectivesTo map the recent literature on digital health in informal caregiving, identify commonly used technologies, their functions and impact, as well as barriers and facilitators.MethodsWe searched Medline, Web of Science, and CINAHL for randomized ...
Vasileios Nittas, Alexia Bikou, Jana Sedlakova, Andreas Hellmann, Viktor Von Wyl, Viktor Von Wyl, Milo Alan Puhan   +6 more
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Informal caregiving burden and perceived social support in an acute stroke care facility

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2018
Background Providing informal caregiving in the acute in-patient and post-hospital discharge phases places enormous burden on the caregivers who often require some form of social support. However, it appears there are few published studies about informal
Christopher Olusanjo Akosile, Tosin Olamilekan Banjo, Emmanuel Chiebuka Okoye, Peter Olanrewaju Ibikunle, Adesola Christiana Odole   +4 more
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Caregiver Employment Status and Time to Institutionalization of Persons with Dementia [PDF]

Background - This study was undertaken to examine the association between caregiver employment status and the time to institutionalization of persons with dementia. No study has previously examined this association. Methods - The database of the Canadian
Mark Oremus, Parminder Raina
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Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm 64? [PDF]

, 2017
Informal care may substitute for formal long‐term care that is often publicly funded or subsidized. The costs of informal caregiving are borne by the caregiver and may consist of worse health outcomes and, if the caregiver has not retired, worse labor
Bakx, P.L.H. (Pieter), Doorslaer, E.K.A. (Eddy) van, Zwart, P.L. (Paul) de   +2 more
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Hip fracture. Preliminary results supporting significative correlations between the psychological wellbeing of patients and their relative caregivers [PDF]

, 2016
Background and aim. Hip fracture is one of the major causes of loss of self-sufficiency in older patients. The associated caregiving rehabilitation task often falls to the lot of a member of the patient’s family.
Bellanti, G ., Eleuteri, S., Falaschi, P.   +2 more
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The Lived Experience of Informal Caregivers of People Who Have Severe Mental Illness and Coexisting Long‐Term Conditions: A Qualitative Study

Health Expectations
Background People with severe mental illness (SMI) experience higher rates and poorer outcomes of physical long‐term conditions (LTCs). The management of SMI and LTCs is highly complex and many people with SMI rely on informal carers for support, which ...
C. Carswell, J. V. E. Brown, D. Shiers, R. Ajjan, A. Balogun‐Katung, S. Bellass, R. I. G. Holt, R. Jacobs, I. Kellar, C. Lewisohn, J. Lister, N. Siddiqi, I. Sidorova, P. Coventry   +13 more
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Motivated to care: latent classes of caregiver motivation as moderators among stress, resources, and well-being

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionInformal caregiving motivations are central to how informal caregivers interpret stressors, access resources, and maintain wellbeing. However, motivation is rarely integrated into models of caregiver stress.
Deborah L. Nichols, Amy Laine
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Decreasing Caregiver Stress [PDF]

, 2019
Stress is both critical and personal experience and has significant effects on caregivers’ physical, mental, and social well-being. The nature of caregiving and the responsibility to work and serve individuals at their illness conditions are very ...
Ramos, Dexter
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