How does caregiving affect health and well-being and what resources help caregivers? This
book provides a synthesis of psychological research on caregiver stress and brings attention …

Family members are the primary source of support for older adults with chronic illness and
disability. Thousands of published empirical studies and dozens of reviews have …

Purpose: To clarify and delineate conceptualizations of the effects of caregiving for nursing
research and practice with family caregivers. Organizing Construct: The biopsychosocial …

The provision of assistance and support by one family member or friend to another is a
pervasive aspect of everyday human interactions. Nevertheless, the definition and …

This article discusses the current state of research on the physiological and physical
concomitants of caregiving. We offer recommendations about theoretical, empirical, and …

Objectives Informal caregivers provide the majority of long-term care. This study examined
six health and psychosocial outcomes of caregiving, in the context of multiple characteristics …

Positive aspects of caregiving have secured an increasing place in the research literature
and clinical applications. Though much of the focus remains on stressors, their …

Background In view of the large number of families engaged in caregiving, this study was
initiated to describe informal cancer care provision from the perspective of the caregiver …

Caregiving is the actofattending to someone or ofproviding services to an individual in need.
It is a complex activity, with ethical, psychosocial, and demographic dimensions, as wellas …

Caregivers experience numerous mental and physical health effects from the stress of
providing care, but we know little about whether these problems persist in the long term and …