The emotional and physical stress experienced by family caregivers of individuals with
dementia is well known (Vitaliano, Jianping, Young, Caswell, Scanlan, Echeverria, 2009) …

The authors summarize the dementia caregiving literature and provide recommendations
regarding practice guidelines for health professionals working with caregivers. Family …

Caring for a family member with dementia is a major source of stress for the caregiver. To
assess the impact of caring for an impaired family member and to evaluate the effectiveness …

The number of elders in the population with some degree of cognitive impairment or
dementia is expected to increase 500% over the next 50 years. In that few elderly individuals …

OMMUNITYHEALTH practitionershave long recognized that family caregiversare the key to
maintaining the frail elderly in the community. Today, the role of familycaregivers in …

People living with dementia rely largely on the support of unpaid family caregivers to remain
living at home in the community. The strain created by this dependence is evidenced by high …

Family caregiving of older individuals with Alzheimer's disease is becoming widespread in
the USA and around the world because of the aging of the population. As a result, family …

Millions of Americans live with dementia. Caregivers of this population provide countless
hours of multifaceted, complex care that frequently cause unrelenting stress which can result …

The dramatic aging of the American population has focused attention on T chronic illnesses
and their societal impact (Administration on Aging, 2000a; Federal Interagency Forum, 2000; …

More than 5 million people in the United States suffer from Alzheimer's disease or related
dementias; the majority are over 65. In Rhode Island, more than 24,000 individuals are …