Background: As the demand for dementia care grows rapidly worldwide, heavy “caregiver
burden” has been associated with stress and depression. Even so, standard metrics for …

Introduction High rates of hospital visits and readmissions are common among persons
living with dementia, resulting in frequent transitions in care and care coordination. This …

Dementia family caregivers display significant rates of psychological and physical
symptoms. African Americans (AAs) are disproportionately affected by dementia. African …

Background Most people with dementia and their informal carers live at home and strive to
create a stable care situation for as long as possible. This preference of dyads is consistent …

Background The unpaid care provided by informal caregivers allows care recipients to live
longer in their homes, which often results in fewer unnecessary long term care home (LTCH) …

Objectives: A culturally informed, peer-led, lay provider model, the Senior Companion
Program (SCP) Plus, was implemented to decrease caregiving burden/stress and improve …

The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between the institutionalization of a
dependent elderly relative and the family caregiver's mental health, quality of life and …

Purpose of the study: Caregivers of persons with dementia living at home adopt a variety of
caregiving styles that vary in quality. Three styles of high-quality care and poor-quality care …

To address the need for accessible, affordable, and sustainable Alzheimer's disease and
related dementia caregiver interventions with minority populations, we developed the Senior …

Background Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) pose significant challenges
as chronic health conditions in the United States. Additionally, there are notable disparities …