Tag: Caregiving

Age, sex, irregular heart rhythm, and daily activity levels can predict cognitive decline and caregiver load over two years

75 percent needed assistance with bathing, 71 percent with walking, and 62 percent with three or more activities of daily living

Psychological distress commonly seen among family surrogates who made decisions about life-sustaining treatments

Impacts on caregivers included activity and employment impairment

Inverse association did not differ with caregiving frequency or when stratified by age, race-ethnicity, depressive symptoms

Increases seen in care hours from family and unpaid helpers, use of in-home medical care, hospital stay, use of nursing facility

Remotely delivered caregiver strengths-based education and social support intervention was effective for preventing elder mistreatment

Patients with caregivers with depression symptoms have worse quality of life, higher emergency department use

Higher levels of social, cultural, and community engagement tied to more dental, outpatient care

Program also helps caregivers prepare to care for these infants after discharge to home