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Impact of caregiving: listening to the voice of informal caregivers
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 2003Long‐term care of the elderly and the disabled rests on a vast network of informal caregivers. This qualitative study examined the effects of caregiving on the health and wellbeing of a small, non‐representative sample of urban women caregivers. These 11 informants participated in two interviews.
J E, Sawatzky, S, Fowler-Kerry
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The Representations of Caregiving in Informal Caregivers
The Family JournalInformal caregiving is usually deemed stressful and an activity leading to worsening life conditions. Nevertheless, recent studies have suggested the possibility for an informal caregiver to simultaneously experience both positive and negative feelings, identifying in the positive assets the merit of raising resilience and a sense of self-effectiveness.
Francesca Tricarico +2 more
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Informal Caregivers’ Use of the Internet for Caregiving Information
Social Work in Health Care, 2015Using data extracted from the Caregiving in the U.S. 2009 survey, this study describes caregivers' use of the Internet for caregiving information and identifies factors related to their use. This study includes 800 informal caregivers for community-residing older adults age 65 and over.
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Informal Caregivers: Helping Those Who Help
2023The use of information and communication technologies to promote health literacy has become a working tool for health professionals during the pandemic caused by covid-19. Social isolation had a direct impact on involuntary caregivers, by taking more permanent care of their family members.
Águas, Dominique +4 more
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Informal Caregiving: Dilemmas of Sandwiched Caregivers
Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2009Increased demand will intensify pressures for informal caregiving, especially for sandwiched caregivers. Using 1999, National Long Term Care Survey data, we contrasted socio-demographic statistics, care environments, activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) assistance, life quality, and employment burden of ...
Rose M. Rubin, Shelley I. White-Means
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“Informal Caregiver” in Nursing
Advances in Nursing Science, 2022The informal caregiver experience has surged as a research topic in health care, including in nursing. However, the “informal” language is controversial, lacking conceptual clarity. Without a common understanding of who an “informal caregiver” may be, nurses may fail to consistently identify informal caregivers requiring support.
Aimee R. Castro +5 more
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Tacit definitions of informal caregiving
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2001Tacit definitions of informal caregiving Aims of the study: This study describes three tacit definitions of informal caregiving and explores the extent to which differences in these tacit definitions explain variation in caregivers’ negative mood over time.
J, Wrubel +3 more
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Caregiving burden among informal caregivers of people with disability
British Journal of Health Psychology, 2020Objective Chinese informal caregivers experience burden due to their caregiving responsibilities that violate their belief of reciprocal parent–child relationship, but little is known about this burden and coping processes among Chinese.
Hao Fong Sit +4 more
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Informal Care and Caregiver's Health: INFORMAL CARE AND CAREGIVER'S HEALTH
2015This study aims to measure the causal effect of informal caregiving on the health and health care use of women who are caregivers, using instrumental variables. We use data from South Korea, where daughters and daughters-in-law are the prevalent source of caregivers for frail elderly parents and parents-in-law.
Van Houtven, Courtney Harold +3 more
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Sudden informal caregivers: the lived experience of informal caregivers after an unexpected event
Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2011Aim. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the lived experience of individuals taking on the role of informal adult caregivers after an unexpected event involving a relative.Background. The literature on the development of the role of informal caregivers widely recognises that protecting and promoting the quality of life of ...
Helder Rocha, Pereira +1 more
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