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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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Impact of Penny Brohn UK’s Living Well course on informal caregivers of people with cancer [PDF]

, 2018
Objectives: This study evaluated the change in the concerns, wellbeing and lifestyle behaviours of informal caregivers of people with cancer attending Penny Brohn UK’s Living Well Course (LWC), a self-management education intervention.
Naidoo, M., Polley, M.J., Ben-Arye, E., Seers, H., Jolliffe, R., Zollman, C., Durrant, J.R., Churchward, S.F., Griffiths, M.   +8 more
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Care-related Quality of Life of informal caregivers of the elderly after a hip fracture

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2018
Background Reforms in the Dutch healthcare system in combination with the aging of the population will lead to a strong increase in the demand for informal care in the Netherlands. A hip fracture is one of the most important causes of hospital admissions
Cornelis L. P. van de Ree, Kari Ploegsma, Tim A. Kanters, Jan A. Roukema, Mariska A. C. De Jongh, Taco Gosens   +5 more
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Burden of informal care in stroke survivors and its determinants: a prospective observational study in an Asian setting

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Informal caregiving is an integral part of post-stroke recovery with strenuous caregiving demands often resulting in caregiving burden, threatening sustainability of caregiving and potentially impacting stroke survivor’s outcomes.
Yi Wang, Shilpa Tyagi, Helen Hoenig, Kim En Lee, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Edward Menon, Deidre Anne De Silva, Philip Yap, Boon Yeow Tan, Sherry H. Young, Yee Sien Ng, Tian Ming Tu, Yan Hoon Ang, Keng He Kong, Rajinder Singh, Reshma A. Merchant, Hui Meng Chang, Chou Ning, Angela Cheong, Gerald Choon-Huat Koh   +19 more
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The Relationship between Compassion Fatigue and Psycho-somatic Manifestations among Informal Caregivers of Elderly Patients Receiving Chemotherapy [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2021
Caring for elderly cancer patients receiving chemotherapy is a complex process requiring empathy and compassion. Informal caregivers will certainly become exhausted as a result of their intense interaction with their diseased elders. Caregivers' physical
Hanaa Abou El-soued Hussein Ahmed, Reem Farag Mahrous Menessy   +1 more
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Predicting Caregiver Burden in Informal Caregivers for the Elderly in Ecuador [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
Informal caregivers are the main providers of care for the elderly. The aim of this study is to examine the predictive value of different variables regarding caregivers and their elderly patients with respect to the caregiver’s burden. A convenience sample of 688 informal caregivers and 688 elderly people from Ecuador was surveyed. Only households with
Pablo Ruisoto, Marina Ramírez, Belén Paladines-Costa, Silvia Vaca, Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez   +4 more
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The burden of informal caregivers in providing care to patients with Alzheimers disease [PDF]

, 2022
Introduction: The increase of average life expectancy, and thus the increase of the number of elderly people, is the source of various health problems associated with old age, which include dementia diseases.
Gniadek, Agnieszka, Skoczylas, Kornelia, Kudłacik, Beata, Kornelia Skoczylas, Agnieszka Gniadek, Małgorzata Fraś, Fraś, Małgorzata, Beata Kudłacik   +7 more
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Dignity of informal caregivers of migrant patients in the last phase of life: a qualitative study

BMC Palliative Care, 2021
Background A key aim of palliative care is to improve the quality of life of patients and their families. To help ensure quality of life for the families of patients with migrant backgrounds, this study sought insights into the dignity of informal ...
X. de Voogd, D. L. Willems, M. Torensma, B. D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, J. L. Suurmond   +4 more
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Prevalence and determinants of stress of informal caregiving: A cross-sectional study among informal caregivers of hospitalised patients in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2022
Background: Caring for patients in the hospital can cause a lot of stress for the caregivers, especially those who are involved with informal caregiving such as family members.
Mojirola Martina Fasiku, Oluwatosin Wuraola Akande, Oladimeji Akeem Bolarinwa, Tanimola M Akande   +3 more
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Unmet care needs of advanced cancer patients and their informal caregivers: a systematic review [PDF]

, 2018
Background This systematic review aimed to identify the unmet care needs and their associated variables in patients with advanced cancer and informal caregivers, alongside summarizing the tools used for needs assessment.
Molassiotis, Alex, Chung, B.P.M., Tao Wang, Molasiotis, A., Jing-Yu Tan, Chung, Betty Pui Man, Wang, T., Betty Pui Man Chung, Tan, J.-Y., Wang, Tao, Tan, Jing-Yu, Alex Molassiotis   +11 more
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