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Stroke Patients’ Informal Caregivers [PDF]

Stroke, 1999
Background and Purpose —Research has revealed that caring for a stroke patient can result in caregiver strain and a myriad of other difficulties for caregivers. This study aims to identify the level of strain experienced by caregivers in the early months after stroke and to assess the relationship between caregiver strain and ...
Bugge, Carol, Alexander, Helen, Hagen, Suzanne   +2 more
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B/ordering and healthcare access for migrants with precarious status: The role of healthcare workers in counteracting restrictive policies

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné, Jill Hanley, Élise Bourgeois‐Guérin, Pénélope Boudreault   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are informal family caregivers stigmatized differently based on their gender or employment status?: a German study on public stigma towards informal long-term caregivers of older individuals

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Stigma and informal caregiving are determinants for health and wellbeing, but few studies have examined stigma towards informal caregiving. Public stigma may be expressed differently towards caregivers depending on their gender and employment ...
Larissa Zwar, Matthias C. Angermeyer, Herbert Matschinger, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, Hans-Helmut König, André Hajek   +5 more
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Informal caring-time and caregiver satisfaction [PDF]

The European Journal of Health Economics, 2011
This paper examines the role of care decision processes on informal caring-time choices. We focus on three care decisions: the caregiver's own decision, a family decision and a recipient request. Results show that informal caregivers, engaged in care activities as a result of a family decision, are more likely to devote more than 5 h to care activities,
Marcén, Miriam, Molina, José Alberto
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Essential, Yet Precarious, Mistreated, Sick and Medicalized: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed‐Methods Study on Homecare Aides in Spain

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Homecare aides (HCAs) are professional non‐family caregivers, who support dependent individuals to live at home with dignity; yet in Spain they remain understudied and vulnerable, often facing precarious working conditions. We aimed to characterize HCAs’ employment, living conditions, health, and exposure to workplace violence and ...
Albert Navarro‐Giné, Pedro Ferrer‐Rosende, Maria Feijoo‐Cid, Sergio Salas‐Nicás, Laura Esteve‐Matalí, Valeria Stuardo‐Ávila, María Isabel Fernández‐Cano   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The potential of transformative video design for improving caregiver’s wellbeing

Health Psychology Open, 2021
The existing interventions for informal caregivers assist with managing health outcomes of the role burden. However, the deeper meaning-making needs of informal caregivers have been generally neglected.
Milica Petrovic, Andrea Gaggioli
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Caregiver Reports on the Needs and Experiences of Children Impacted by Parental Incarceration: Results From an Australian Survey

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children experiencing parental imprisonment are known to be among the most overlooked in our community. They often experience multiple and compounding disadvantages, with long‐term consequences, but receive no specialised assistance. Knowledge about these children and their families is lacking in Australia and is required to inform policy ...
Catherine Flynn, Lana Battaglia, Lorana Bartels, Susan Dennison, Susy Harrigan, Lee Huggins, Sofia Grage‐Moore   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Caregiver burden of Alzheimer’s disease among informal caregivers: a cross-sectional study in Malaysia

Scientific Reports
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) not only impacts the patients but substantially informal caregivers in terms of physical and psychological burden. This study aims to determine the burden level of informal caregivers of patients with different stages of AD and ...
Lyn Xuan Tay, Siew Chin Ong, Hui Ming Ong, Ewe Eow Teh, Alan Swee Hock Ch’ng, Ing Khieng Tiong, Rizah Mazzuin Razali, Thaigarajan Parumasivam   +7 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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Assessment of Informal Caregivers’ knowledge and Practice Regarding Discharge Plan for Post Cardiac Catheterization Patients [PDF]

Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice
Background: Discharge plan is a key element in patient with cardiac catheterization care. Aim: This study aimed to assess the informal caregivers’ knowledge and practice regarding discharge plan for post cardiac catheterization patients. Research design:
Ahmed Mohamed
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