Background Despite the generally accepted belief that social support improves caregiver
adjustment in general and subjective burden in particular, the literature shows mixed …

Objective Supporting dementia carers is an identified target of the UK government, yet we
know little about such family carers' grief before and after the death of the person with …

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 …

The present meta-analytic study gives a systematic review of research on depression and
the subjective well-being of caregivers. We integrate results from 60 studies on informal …

Previous literature reveals a high prevalence of grief in dementia caregivers before physical
death of the person with dementia that is associated with stress, burden, and depression. To …

Objectives To characterize caregiver strain, depressive symptoms, and self‐efficacy for
managing dementia‐related problems and the relationship between these and referring …

Post-menopausal women are at a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) than
males. The higher rates of AD in women are associated with the sharp decline in the …

Living Through Loss provides a foundational identification of the many ways in which people
experience loss over the life course, from childhood to old age. It examines the interventions …

OBJECTIVES:(1) Describe available tools to assess the impact of informal caregiving of
home-dwelling elderly,(2) identify an acceptable and appropriate tool for a study aiming at …

There has been a paradigm shift in professionals' perceptions of the caregiver. The
challenges include: how best to support the family; improving caregiver perception of …