Family caregivers of older people with health needs often provide long-term, intensive
support. Caregivers are, in turn, shaped by these caregiving experiences. According to the …

Objectives Caregiver self-efficacy—a caregiver's belief in his/her ability to contribute to
patient self-care—is associated with better patient and caregiver outcomes in single chronic …

The disease that causes the number 1 death in the world is cardiovascular disease. Self-
care involves maintaining possibilities by engaging in practices that enhance health …

Aims Even though self-care is essential in the long-term management of heart failure (HF), it
is often not performed adequately in HF populations. Mobilizing informal caregivers may be …

Background Family caregivers offer essential support to persons living with dementia
(PLWD). Providing care for more than one family member or close other across adulthood is …

Background and Purpose: Depression and quality of life (QOL) have an interdependent and
transactional nature in stroke survivor-caregiver dyads. While the strong relationship …

Background Clinicians and researchers often assume that symptom burden is associated
with self-care management (SCM) in patients with heart failure (HF). However, that …

Background: Despite providing frequent care to heart failure (HF) patients, home health care
workers (HHWs) are generally considered neither part of the health care team nor the family …

Background: Despite their unique contributions to heart failure (HF) care, home healthcare
workers (HHWs) have unmet educational needs and many lack HF caregiving self-efficacy …

Aims Previous studies have indicated a positive association between mutuality and
caregiver contributions to heart failure self-care (CC-HFSC). However, little is known about …