The purpose of this one-year follow-up study was to determine whether the caregiving
experience of primary caregivers (N= 142) of institutionalized demented elders changed …

The research community is showing increasing interest in the analysis of the care trajectory
of people with chronic health problems, especially dementias such as Alzheimer's disease …

Aims: Institutionalising a relative is a difficult decision and often relatives have to feel heavily
burdened before they take such a step. Then the following delay because of waiting lists can …

Background Several research studies have reported the poor quality of life of family
caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, factors that influence their …

BACKGROUND: Research into burden among spouse and adult-child caregivers of patients
with Alzheimer's disease has generated contradictory results as regards the group which …

Different definitions of quality of life (QOL) are found in the literature. This raised the question
which domains are viewed as really important by persons with dementia. In an explorative …

One hundred and three family caregivers of relatives with dementia were longitudinally
surveyed to examine the course of caregivers' mental health after the relatives had been …

Introduction The dementia disease affects both the family caregivers' health and social and
psychological well-being. The aim of this review was to identify and describe the needs of …

Background and aim Spouse carers of a person with dementia report feeling lonely and
trapped in their role, lacking support and having no time to take care of their own health. In …

Objective: The study analysed how its participants positioned themselves and other people
as actors in daily life, and what matters they portrayed as meaningful in seeking and …