OBJECTIVE The current study examined the role of alternate caregivers (i.e., caregivers living outside of the home who spend at least 6 hr per week caring for the child) in a sample of Latino and non-Latino White (NLW) families with a child with asthma. METHODS Participants included 665 families of children with asthma from NLW, Puerto Rican, and Dominican backgrounds from Rhode Island and Pu...

BACKGROUND We examined the associations of informal (eg, family members and friends) and formal (eg, physician and visiting nurses) social support with caregiver's burden in long-term care and the relationship between the number of available sources of social support and caregiver burden. METHODS We conducted a mail-in survey in 2003 and used data of 2998 main caregivers of frail older adults...

OBJECTIVE: To examine reports of verbal and physical abuse from family caregivers of adults with severe physical, neurological and developmental disabilities, and examine possible associations of abuse with family caregiver adjustment. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. PARTICIPANTS: 147 community-residing caregivers (129 women, 18 men) of adults with disabilities (66 men, 81 women). MEASURES: Caregiver ...

Family members with a relative with dementia often experience what has been called the "unexpected career of caregiver" and face multifaceted, complex, and stressful life situations that can have important consequences. This exploratory study was designed to address this major public health challenge through the lens of caregiver resilience and caregiver respite programming. While many caregive...

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences and challenges of supporting family caregivers of seniors with complex needs and to outline support strategies and research priorities aimed at supporting them. DESIGN AND METHODS A CIHR-funded, two-day conference entitled "Supporting Family Caregivers of Seniors: Improving Care and Caregiver Outcomes" was held. An...

mediciNe & HealtH/RHode islaNd family Caregivers are inextriCably nested in health care. Upon return home after an important physician visit, a patient may encounter questions from a spouse or other loved one. For many patients, family members provide direct accompaniment to the physician and actively participate in informed consent and other clinical decisions; for some, the caregiver is a des...

BACKGROUND Caring for a patient with heart failure can be a challenging and stressful situation. However, researchers have paid less attention to caregiving outcomes in heart failure caregivers. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between perceived life changes and mental health of family caregivers of heart failure patients. METHODS Through a correlational design, a conv...

BACKGROUND Family caregivers play a central role in ensuring the execution of the discharge care plan. OBJECTIVE To enhance an evidence-based model-the Care Transitions Intervention (CTI)-and to make it more responsive to the needs of family caregivers and determine its impact on a measure of activation. METHODS Prospective cohort of 83 patient-family caregiver partnerships discharged from ...

Aging has been an important population trend of the twentieth century, with most elderly people living in developing countries. Little has been published on the healthcare needs of elderly in the Pacific Islands. The Pacific Islands Geriatric Education Center, at the University of Hawaii, has a mission to promote training in geriatric education in the Pacific Islands to improve healthcare to th...

The purposes of this study were as follows: (1) to compare the attitudes which were considered to be barriers to cancer pain management held by Taiwanese cancer patients and their family caregivers; (2) to determine if these barriers were related to patient hesitancy to take analgesics and/or family caregiver hesitancy to administer analgesics: and (3) to determine if attitudinal barriers by pa...