Development of older men's caregiving roles for wives with dementia.

Gender differences in dementia management plans of spousal caregivers: implications for occupational therapy.

Occupational therapists treating older people with Alzheimer disease know that they must also consider the others who are affected by the disease, the informal caregivers. Intervention is most effective when it enables both the impaired person and the primary caregiver to manage the secondary symptoms of dementia. Unfortunately, little is understood about how caregivers approach and carry out t...

‘Can't cook, won't cook’: men's involvement in cooking when their wives develop dementia

The dynamics of caregiving: transitions during a three-year prospective study.

This prospective study (n = 476) examined 3 types of caregiving transitions experienced by wives and daughters of older persons: entry, institutionalization, and bereavement. Daughters were more likely to enter the caregiving role than wives, but the impact of entering the role was more pronounced for wives. After becoming a caregiver, wives decreased in their participation in leisure activitie...

Is spousal caregiving associated with enhanced well-being? New evidence from the panel study of income dynamics.

OBJECTIVES We explore whether spousal caregiving is associated with enhanced well-being for older husbands and wives. METHOD We use time diary data from the 2009 Panel Study of Income Dynamics and Disability and Use of Time supplement. We measure experienced well-being as ratings of happiness and frustration during activities recalled for the previous day. We estimate separately for husbands ...

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Mindfulness and Schema Therapy with Emotion Efficacy Therapy (EET) on Compassion Satisfaction and Sense of Competence in Caregiving Patients with Dementia

Introduction: Caring for the patient is not always associated with negative symptoms, but the positive experiences and feelings of the caregivers due to the ability to help others can encourage them to continue care despite its negative consequences. Therefore, the present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of mindfulness and schema therapy with emotion efficacy therapy on compassion sati...