In medicine, the following definition based on Hobb’s recommendations is commonly used: (a) Abuse is a willful and deliberate act by a caregiver resulting in physical injury of the child. (b) Neglect is the failure of the caregiver to take minimal precautions for the proper supervision of the child’s health, thus failing to protect the child from injury. (c) Accident is a lapse in the usual pro...

OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of two psychosocial interventions for caregivers of older persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). DESIGN A multisite, three-group, randomized controlled trial comparing two active intervention conditions with each other and to an information-only control group. One hundred seventy-three caregiver and care-recipient dyads were randomly assigned to one of three c...

Caring for a person with Parkinson’s disease (PD) extends far beyond the ordinary exchange of assistance among people in a close relationship. Caregivers must learn to cope with the patient’s increasing disability and loss of independence. The aim of this systematic review was to critically assess and summarize the evidence of the influence of the demographic and clinical characteristics of pat...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To test the impact of patient smoking behavior on family caregiver judgments of responsibility, emotions, empathic responses, and helping behavior. DESIGN Structural equation modeling. SETTING Five oncology outpatient settings in Canada. SAMPLE 304 dyads consisting of patients with lung cancer and their primary caregivers. METHODS Self-report questionnaires, abstracte...

BACKGROUND In complying with required life style changes Heart Failure (HF) patients often depend on their partners. However providing care may cause burden and affect the health of these partners. The aim of this study was to investigate determinants of caregiver burden in order to identify caregivers who are at risk. METHODS Using a cross-sectional design, caregiver burden and potential det...

The aims of this study were to (1) compare caregiver and youth measures of self-efficacy for seizure management (SESM), as well as report of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation in youth with epilepsy (YWE) and (2) examine the potential relationship between caregiver SESM and caregiver report of depressive symptoms in YWE. Seventy-seven YWE ages 9-17 completed the Children's Depression Inv...

BACKGROUND Previous studies underscore the need to improve caregiver-child interactions in early child care centers. OBJECTIVE In this study we used a randomized controlled trial to examine whether a 5-week video feedback training can improve six key interactive skills of caregivers in early child care centers: Sensitive responsiveness, respect for autonomy, structuring and limit setting, ver...

A parallel mixed-methods study on 20 patient–caregiver dyads in an Asian population was conducted to explore the differential perceptions and barriers ACP dementia. We recruited English-speaking patients with mild dementia their caregivers. trained facilitator counseling. Patient–caregiver completed pre–post surveys participated post-counseling qualitative interviews. used analysis corroborate ...

BACKGROUND The caregiver has an important influence on women's birth experiences. When transfer of care during labour is necessary, care is handed over from one caregiver to the other, and this might influence satisfaction with care. It is speculated that satisfaction with care is affected in particular for women who need to be transferred from home to hospital. We examined the level of satisfa...