Informal caregiving and its impact on health: a reappraisal from population-based studies

DL Roth, L Fredman, WE Haley - The Gerontologist, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Considerable research and public discourse on family caregiving portrays it as a stressful
and burdensome experience with serious negative health consequences. A landmark study …

The effectiveness of nonpharmacological interventions for informal dementia caregivers: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis.

ST Cheng, KK Li, A Losada, F Zhang, A Au… - Psychology and …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
This systematic review and meta-analysis compared the effects of 131 randomized
controlled trials, published between 2006 and mid-2018, for dementia caregivers with …

Gender differences in caregiving among family-caregivers of people with mental illnesses

N Sharma, S Chakrabarti… - World journal of psychiatry, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
All over the world women are the predominant providers of informal care for family members
with chronic medical conditions or disabilities, including the elderly and adults with mental …

The role of healthcare robots for older people at home: A review

H Robinson, B MacDonald, E Broadbent - International Journal of Social …, 2014 - Springer
This review aimed to identify the areas of need that older people have, and the available
solutions. In particular, the robotic solutions are explored and critiqued and areas for future …

Prevalence of depression and burden among informal care-givers of people with dementia: a meta-analysis

RN Collins, N Kishita - Ageing & Society, 2020 - cambridge.org
This meta-analysis examined the prevalence of depression and burden among informal
care-givers of people with dementia (PwD) and compared the prevalence of depression …

[HTML][HTML] Internet-based interventions aimed at supporting family caregivers of people with dementia: systematic review

J Hopwood, N Walker, L McDonagh, G Rait… - Journal of medical …, 2018 - jmir.org
Background Caring for someone with dementia is one of the most challenging caring roles.
The need for support for family caregivers has been recognized for some time but is often …

[HTML][HTML] Technology and dementia: the future is now

AJ Astell, N Bouranis, J Hoey, A Lindauer… - Dementia and geriatric …, 2019 - karger.com
Background: Technology has multiple potential applications to dementia from diagnosis and
assessment to care delivery and supporting ageing in place. Objectives: To summarise key …

How effective are dementia caregiver interventions? An updated comprehensive meta-analysis

E Walter, M Pinquart - The Gerontologist, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives Caring for a person with dementia places a significant
burden upon informal caregivers and leads to decreased psychological and physical health …

Family caregivers of people with dementia

H Brodaty, M Donkin - Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Family caregivers of people with dementia, often called the invisible second patients, are
critical to the quality of life of the care recipients. The effects of being a family caregiver …

Physical and mental health effects of family caregiving

R Schulz, PR Sherwood - Journal of Social Work Education, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
THE ASSOCIATIONS between physical and psychological health and being an informal
caregiver are well established (Pinquart, 2001; Pinquart & Sorensen, 2003a, 2003b, 2006 …