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...

BACKGROUND As people in middle and lower income countries live longer, more people become sick, disabled, and frail and the demand for family caregiving grows. Thailand faces such challenges. This study investigates the relationship between caregiving and mental health among workers drawn from a large longitudinal cohort of Thai adults. METHODS Participants were drawn from the Thai Health-Ris...

Family caregiving often involves family members, relatives, and partners with whom the patients have a personal relationship to assist care. The roles of caregivers are extensive require lot effort, time, commitment. These demands might possibly affect life caregivers. This paper aims identify how in Malaysia jeopardized caregiver's life. A systematic approach analysis was utilized this study w...

Integrating theory from the family ecological systems and social support literatures with findings from child care research, in this study we develop and test a model relating family, friend, and neighbour (FFN) child care provider characteristics to perceived child care quality (provider reports of caregiving behaviours, mother–provider caregiving relationship) and maternal well-being (work–fa...