Spousal Dementia Caregiving to Widowhood: Perceptions of Older Urban and Rural Widows
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Gender Differences in Dementia Spousal Caregiving
The proportion of male caregivers is rapidly increasing. However, there are few large scale studies exploring gender differences in the burden or coping with caregiving. We investigated this among caregivers of patients with dementia. The study cohort consisted of 335 dyads of wife-husband couples from two studies including dementia patients and their spousal caregivers. Baseline mini-mental st...
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CONTEXT Older women commonly assume a caregiving role for their husbands at the end of life and are more vulnerable to poorer health, well-being, and social and economic challenges. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to ascertain older women's experiences of spousal caregiving at the end of life and the ways in which this experience impacts on the transition to widowhood. METHODS Longitud...
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OBJECTIVES The number of couples facing a dementia diagnosis for one partner of the spousal dyad increases. Spousal caregiving can be a highly stressful experience associated with negative caregiver outcomes such as depression and poorer immune function. However, surprisingly little is known about how the illness and the required care effects patient's well-being and relational changes experien...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Nursing Research
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0193-9459,1552-8456
DOI: 10.1177/0193945919882727