Caregiving for an ill family member can be both stressful and rewarding. Caring for a relative with a psychiatric illness adds the burden of social stigma, both for the patient and the family caregivers, especially in minority cultures. Families from minority cultures may have a different understanding of mental illness and have difficulties with language, discrimination, and accessing services...

This paper covers our recent work regarding family caregiver burden for elderly. The topics are as follows: cross-sectional studies on caregiver burden; changes in caregiver burden; appropriateness of the Long-Term Care insurance assessment scheme; attitude towards caregiving among caregivers; and the development of the short version of the Japanese version of the Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview.

OBJECTIVES This research examines caregiver depression in the context of traditional care-related primary stressors, such as the caregiving context and care-recipient impairment, and secondary stressors, such as family environment and decision-making satisfaction. METHODS The authors examine a causal (path) model of depression among 244 caregivers. Ordinary least squares regression results a...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A large proportion of disabled stroke survivors live at home and are supported by informal caregivers. Identification of determinants of caregiver burden will help to target caregiver interventions. METHODS Data on patient, caregiver, and health and social support characteristics were collected prospectively over 1 year in 232 stroke survivors in a randomized trial of c...

BACKGROUND Because Taiwan has the fastest aging rate among developed countries, care for the elderly is becoming more prominent in the country. Primary family caregivers play an important role in patient health and health promotion behavior. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an age-related disease, is a major public health problem with high morbidity and mortality and can be a long-...