Over the past decade, there has been substantial growth in heart failure (HF) research that
focuses on persons with HF and their care partners (family members or other close friends …

Caregiving dyads (ie, an informal caregiver and a care recipient) work as an interdependent
emotional system, whereby it is assumed that what happens to one member of the dyad …

Couples managing chronic illnesses—the leading causes of death and disability in the
United States—can experience challenges in their daily lives and relationships. Both couple …

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed how Canadians access health care.
Although it is undeniable that the rapid adoption of virtual care has played a critical role in …

Objectives: Heart failure patients and their family care partners experience poor mental
health, yet the majority of the research focuses on patients and care partners separately …

OBJECTIVE We validated longitudinally a typology of diabetes-specific family functioning
(named Collaborative and Helpful, Satisfied with Low Involvement, Want More Involvement …

Background Patients with chronic heart failure and their family caregivers may experience
adverse emotional problems, such as depression. Mutuality, which refers to the relationship …

Background Family members' responses to adults' diabetes and efforts to manage it vary
widely. Multiple aspects of diabetes-specific family functioning have been identified as …

Background Living with heart failure can severely affect the physical and mental health of
patients with heart failure and their caregivers. Available dyadic self-care interventions for …

Chronic diseases are ubiquitous and costly in American populations. Interventions targeting
health behavior change to manage chronic diseases are needed, but previous efforts have …