نتایج جستجو برای: informal caregiver
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BACKGROUND Half of heart failure patients will die within five years of diagnosis, making them an ideal population for hospice to reach. Yet hospice originated in oncology, and problems have been noted with the enrollment of heart failure patients. Whether caregiver satisfaction, a key quality measure in hospice, differs between heart failure and cancer caregivers is unknown. OBJECTIVE We aim...
This article explores the relationships between caregiving stressors and caregiver well-being in a representative community sample of disabled elders and their informal caregivers. The direct and indirect effects of stressors and potential mediators on the outcome of caregiver psychological well-being, as measured by depression, were examined using path analysis. Potential mediators of the prim...
INTRODUCTION We evaluate the association between caregiver (informal) time/cost and illness severity from two recently completed clinical trials of an investigational drug for Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS Changes from baseline caregiver time were calculated and treatment effects analyzed using a restricted maximum likelihood-based mixed model for repeated measures. Four separate models w...
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Research has revealed that caring for a stroke patient can result in caregiver strain and a myriad of other difficulties for caregivers. This study aims to identify the level of strain experienced by caregivers in the early months after stroke and to assess the relationship between caregiver strain and caregiver characteristics, patient characteristics, and service inputs...
BACKGROUND In recent years, the caregiving responsibilities of cancer patients' family members have increased dramatically. Reducing caregiver strain and burden supports the mission of professional nursing. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine and compare the caregiver strain index scores of breast cancer informal caregivers, before and after a patient-caregiver educational and t...
Objective We examine the health-related lifestyle behaviors of informal Spanish caregivers while controlling for sociodemographic characteristics. Background Informal caregiving is an essential, albeit invisible, component any health care delivery system that results in vast savings national economies. Nevertheless, it remains unknown whether healthy and subsequent well-being may compromise the...
Abstract Problem-Solving Therapy for Informal Hospice Caregivers: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study Christin Ann Gregory, LCSW, DSW Candidate, University of Pennsylvania Problem: U.S. Hospice care is a growing service for the terminally ill, ever more important as our aging population expands. Informal caregivers are integral to the hospice philosophy, considered to be a part of the hospice u...
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Barriers to pain management: caregiver perceptions and pain talk by hospice interdisciplinary teams.
As patients are cared for in their homes by family caregivers, several challenges arise in effective pain and symptom management. Despite hospice's reputation as the gold standard for terminal care, there is still a need to improve pain management practices, including challenges that caregivers face, related to pain assessment, reluctance and fear of administering medication, noncompliance with...
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