Depression and physical health among family caregivers of geriatric patients with cancer–a longitudinal view

ME Kurtz, JC Kurtz, CW Given… - Medical Science Monitor, 2004 - medscimonit.com
… on caregivers’ mental and physical … that patient and caregiver characteristics impact caregiver
experiences, and all of these in turn affect the mental and physical health of the caregiver. …

Silent strain of caregiving: exploring the best predictors of distress in family carers of geriatric patients

K Bień-Barkowska, H Doroszkiewicz… - Clinical interventions in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
… distress suffered by family carers (FCs) of geriatric patients. … 7) Does caregiving have a
negative effect on your emotional … our sample that comprises FCs of geriatric patients only. At the …

Does Inpatient Interdisciplinary Geriatric Assessment Help the Family Caregivers of Acutely Ill Older Patients?

RA Silliman, ST McGarvey… - … American Geriatrics …, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
geriatric assessment for acutely ill hospitalized patients 75 years of age or older, we studied
their family caregivers … effect on caregivers’ well-being. Specifically, we questioned whether …

Family caregivers: a shadow workforce in the geriatric health care system?

A Bookman, M Harrington - … of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 2007 - read.dukeupress.edu
… in the lives of families and present family caregivers of elders with significant and … family
caregivers play an increasingly critical role in the functioning and the monitoring of the geriatric

Health care providers' perceptions of family caregivers' involvement in consultations within a geriatric hospital setting

D Koren, R Laidsaar-Powell, W Tilden, M Latt, P Butow - Geriatric Nursing, 2018 - Elsevier
… considered the factor most determinant of geriatric status. Care for geriatric patients is complex
due to co-morbidities and an often poor prognosis. Family caregivers in our society play a …

Advantages and challenges: the experience of geriatrics health care providers as family caregivers

CM Wohlgemuth, HP Auerbach, VA Parker - The Gerontologist, 2015 - academic.oup.com
… We conducted an exploratory qualitative study with 16 geriatrics clinicians who had also
served as family caregivers. Participants were recruited through announcements at staff …

Caring for family caregivers of geriatric patients: Results of a participatory health research project on actual state and needs of hospital-based care professionals

T Krieger, R Specht, B Errens, U Hagen… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
… multidisciplinary team (MDT) regarding family caregiver support. Because of the haphazard
way of engaging with family caregivers of geriatric patients by individual care professionals, …

[PDF][PDF] Family caregivers of elderly patients with cancer: understanding and minimizing the burden of care

WE Haley - J Support Oncol, 2003 - researchgate.net
… Abstract Family caregivers play an essential role, usually unpaid, in caring for patients with
… Needs and experiences of family caregivers during marrow transplantation. Oncol Nurs …

Family caregiving for the elderly

BA Given, CW Given - Annual review of nursing research, 1991 - connect.springerpub.com
… a) review the existing literature on family caregiving,(b) describe … marriage and the family,
gerontology and geriatrics. psychology… Once the burdens become too great, families will forego …

Improving communications with patients and families in geriatric care. The how, when, and what

SCC Huang, A Morgan, V Peck… - Journal of Patient …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
… , this study explored patients’ and their family/caregivers’ experiences communicating with
… , inpatient Geriatric unit between March and September 2018. In part 1, the modified patient–…