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Informal Caregivers’ Roles in Dementia: The Impact on Their Quality of Life

Life, 2020
The constantly changing process of caring for a person with dementia affects the informal caregivers’ role due to its psychosocial impact. This cross-sectional study aimed to analyze the impact of the Person with Dementia informal caregiver’s role ...
Cindy E. Frias, Esther Cabrera, Adelaida Zabalegui   +2 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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Informal caregiving time and its monetary value in the context of older adults in Singapore

Aging and Health Research
Background: Little is known about the caregiving time of different types of caregivers in Singapore or its monetary value. We quantified the caregiving time of primary informal, secondary informal, and migrant domestic worker (MDW) caregivers of older ...
Nur Diyana Binte Azman, Abhijit Visaria, Veronica Shimin Goh, Truls Østbye, David Matchar, Rahul Malhotra   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Informal caregivers’ perspectives on health of and (potentially inappropriate) medication for (relatively) independent oldest-old people – a qualitative interview study

BMC Geriatrics, 2018
Background Oldest-old persons frequently receive potentially inappropriate medication. Medication use takes place under the patients’ informal caregivers’ influence.
Nadine Janis Pohontsch, Antje Löffler, Tobias Luck, Kathrin Heser, Debora Parker, Britta Haenisch, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, Frank Jessen, Martin Scherer   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The correlation between caregiver burden with depression and quality of life among informal caregivers of hemodialysis and thalassemia patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nursing, 2023
Background Lifelong provision of care to chronically ill patients increase the risk of physical and mental diseases in informal caregivers and adversely affects their quality of life.
Maryam Askaryzadeh Mahani, Masoomeh Ghasemi, Mansour Arab, Zahra Baniasadi, Ali Omidi, Parichehr Sabaghzadeh Irani   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Informal Care and Caregiver's Health [PDF]

Health Economics, 2014
AbstractThis 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. A key insight of our instrumental
Do, Young Kyung, Norton, Edward C., Stearns, Sally C., Van Houtven, Courtney Harold   +3 more
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A Universal Precaution Training Program for Informal Caregivers in the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center [PDF]

Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice
Universal precaution training program equips informal caregivers with essential skills to protect themselves and the people they care for from infection risks.
najwa alqahtani, Afaf Abd el Mohsen, Mayada Mahmoud Sabea   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stres Sedang dan Strategi Koping Adaptif yang Dialami Pelaku Rawat Informal dalam Perawatan Paliatif

Jurnal Keperawatan Indonesia, 2016
Pelaku rawat informal berisiko untuk mengalami stres berlebih dan koping maladaptif dalam merawat klien diabetes pada perawatan paliatif. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat stres dan strategi koping pelaku rawat informal dalam perawatan ...
Barnis Lady Mentari Alamdani, Tuti Nuraini   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Informal Caregiving of Hospice Patients [PDF]

Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2014
Informal caregivers play a critical role in the provision of care to hospice patients. The care they provide often impacts their physical and psychological well-being.This study synthesized 58 articles pertaining to informal hospice caregiving, focusing on caregivers' satisfaction with hospice services, the physical and psychological well-being of ...
Colin G, Pottie, Karen A, Burch, Lori P Montross, Thomas, Scott A, Irwin   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources