Older adults with chronic illness–caregiver burden in the Asian context: a systematic review

C Isac, P Lee, J Arulappan - Patient Education and Counseling, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Upsurge in life expectancy, filial responsibility of caring, and healthcare
advances have increased the older adult population in Asia. The last decade has witnessed …

Informal caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic in the US: Background, challenges, and opportunities

SA Cohen, CC Nash… - American Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
(US). 1 Informal caregivers provide unpaid care and assistance to friends or family members
in need of care; typically an older adult such as a parent or spouse with cognitive decline, a …

Caregiving to older adults: Determinants of informal caregivers' subjective well-being and formal and informal support as alleviating conditions

E Verbakel, SF Metzelthin… - The Journals of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objectives In response to concerns about the sustainability of health care systems that
increasingly rely on informal care, we first investigate explanations of informal caregivers' …

Informal caregiving and well-being in Europe: What can ease the negative consequences for caregivers?

E Verbakel - Journal of European Social Policy, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Against the background of an ageing society with an increasing demand for informal
caregivers, this study examines (1) to what extent informal caregiving is negatively related to …

The burden of filial piety: A qualitative study on caregiving motivations amongst family caregivers of patients with cancer in Singapore

HY Ng, K Griva, HA Lim, JYS Tan… - Psychology & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Objective. This study explores (1) the motivations and challenges facing family caregiving for
cancer in Singapore and (2) suggests a possible framework to guide culturally sensitive …

Relationships among perceived social support, family resilience, and caregiver burden in lung cancer families: a mediating model

Y Zhang, Y Ding, C Liu, J Li, Q Wang, Y Li… - Seminars in oncology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives To identify the factors associated with caregiver burden in Chinese lung cancer
families and to detect whether family resilience mediates the effect of perceived social …

Physical and mental health of live-in female migrant domestic workers: A randomly sampled survey in Hong Kong

RYN Chung, JKL Mak - American Behavioral Scientist, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
There has been a rising trend of labor migration globally. Given their alien status within the
legal framework of the host countries, migrant domestic workers (MDWs) are especially …

Characteristics and well-being of informal caregivers: Results from a nationally-representative US survey

R Trivedi, K Beaver, ED Bouldin, E Eugenio… - Chronic …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives Given ongoing concerns about high levels of burden reported among some
informal caregivers, the goal of this study was to characterize their sociodemographics …

Relationship status and depressive symptoms among older co-resident caregivers

H Litwin, KJ Stoeckel, A Roll - Aging & Mental Health, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: Informal caregiving has been found to be burdensome and is associated with
depression among older caregivers. These outcomes are often accentuated when …

Providing care to relatives with mental illness: reactions and distress among primary informal caregivers

S Chang, Y Zhang, A Jeyagurunathan, YW Lau… - BMC psychiatry, 2016 - Springer
Background The responsibility of caring for relatives with mental illness often falls on the
family members. It has been reported that the reactions to or consequences of providing …