The deleterious psychosocial and mental health effects
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BACKGROUND: While the deleterious psychosocial and mental health effects of dementia caregiving are firmly established, very little is known about the burdens or psychiatric outcomes of providing care to a spouse with less severe cognitive
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Sourced from the abstract and future-work section of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 1986 and 2014, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 145 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps
- The Effects of Creative Reminiscing on Individuals with Dementia and Their Caregivers: A Pilot Study (2014) · Physical & Occupational Therapy In Geriatrics · cited 12× · doi
Conclusions: While using a carefully considered creative reminiscence activity intervention for clients with dementia can cause a decrease in caregivers' perception of their own burden and an increase in their perceptions of the loved ones' quality of life, future research is needed to determine the subtle nuances in well-being of individuals with memory loss and their caregivers.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: caregivers conclusions using carefully considered creative reminiscence activity intervention clients dementia cause decrease perception burden - Caregiving burden and psychiatric morbidity in spouses of persons with mild cognitive impairment (2005) · International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry · cited 133× · doi
BACKGROUND: While the deleterious psychosocial and mental health effects of dementia caregiving are firmly established, very little is known about the burdens or psychiatric outcomes of providing care to a spouse with less severe cognitive impairment, such as mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: cognitive impairment background deleterious psychosocial mental health effects dementia caregiving firmly established little known burdens - Caregiver Weil-Being: A Multidimensional Examination of Family Caregivers of Demented Adults (1986) · The Gerontologist · doi
Future studies should examine the longitudinal effects of caregiving on family members. Future studies should develop and test interventions to support family caregivers of older, memory-impaired adults. Future studies should explore the relationship between caregiver well-being and patient outcomes.
generalfuture-work sectionevidence 4/5Keywords: future studies examine longitudinal effects caregiving family members
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