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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Care recipient"”.
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Perceptions of everyday challenges for older adults with TBI: Care recipient–partner dyads
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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Testing an Attribution Model of Caregiving in a Latino Sample: The Role of Familismo and the Caregiver-Care Recipient Relationship
… often feel the need take on the role of informal caregivers when loved ones require assistance due to disabling conditions. However, caregiver burden can arise when providing support for a person with a chronic condition. Caregiver burnout is associated with numerous negative outcomes for both the …
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CARE RECIPIENT AND FAMILY CAREGIVER PERCEPTIONS OF EVERYDAY CARE IN EARLY-STAGE DEMENTIA: THE EFFECT OF INCONGRUENCE ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF DYADIC RELATIONSHIP STRAIN
… predictors of perceived quality of life (QOL) of care recipients (CRs) with early-stage dementia and their primary family caregivers (CGs), particularly the CRs’ and CGs’ incongruent perceptions, and the CRs’ and CGs’ perceptions of strain in their relationship. The study assessed incongruence …
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Finding Meaning in the Dementia Caregiving Relationship
<p>Caregivers of individuals with dementia describe a wide spectrum of caregiving experiences, ranging from very negative to very positive. Previous literature acknowledges these differing experiences, but how and why they differ has rarely been investigated. Dementia caregiving can be burdensome …
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Music therapy: A bridge to communication for familial caregivers of persons with dementia
<p>Caregivers of persons with dementia often struggle to sustain meaningful communication and reciprocal emotional connection due to the deterioration in functional memory and the resulting diminishment of social-interactive abilities in their loved one. The very personhood of the care recipient is …
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The service industry and the aging population: marketing opportunities in a dynamic environment
The care of the elderly is a growing problem. Existing services are inadequate for the needs of an aging population. In order to suggest new services to deal with the care of the elderly, this report examined four areas: the demographic characteristics of our aging society, the nature of services …
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Relationship between the characteristics of elder caregivers and care recipients in community service utilization
… between the characteristics of the elder caregiver and care recipient in community service utilization. The dramatic effect on the prevalence of elder caregiving is a great concern in the United States as the elder population 65 and older increases (Whitlack & Noelker, 1996). This study …
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Communicating with Care: Design strategies to empower caregivers to improve interactions with healthcare providers
… one in five Americans are informal or family caregivers, and these numbers are increasing at an unprecedented rate. Tasked with the burden of advocacy and responsibility of care, these caregivers also navigate the implications of this care on the emotionally charged relationship with their …
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Caregiver Burden And Coping Responses For Females Who Are The Primary Caregiver For A Family Member Living With Hiv/aids In Kenya
… 2006; Daire, 2002; Zarit et al, 1980). Providing care for a family member that is living with HIV/AIDS is potentially even more stressful because of social meanings associated with HIV/AIDS infection (Stajduhar, 1998) and the contagious nature of the HIV virus (Powell-Cope & Brown, 1992). Research …
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Family caregiver responses to dementia
… with psychological wellbeing amongst family caregivers of individuals with dementia. Previous work has been limited in its coverage of care-recipient, caregiver and systemic associates with spousal and family caregiver as well as the constructs of psychological wellbeing measured. After a …
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Investigating the Theory of Ambiguous Loss: The Role of Ambiguity Tolerance in Pre-Death Grief for Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia
… the relationship between ambiguity tolerance and caregiver grief within the framework of ambiguous loss theory. Thirty-one family caregivers completed a quantitative survey comprising two pre-existing scales and several demographic questions designed to assess level of ambiguity tolerance, level …
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Informal Caregivers of Advanced Cancer Patients: The Impact of Geographic Proximity on Social Support and Bereavement Adjustment
… explored the social and psychological needs of caregivers of advanced cancer patients, and their subsequent bereavement adjustment. The study focuses exclusively on informal caregivers who provide assistance to patients receiving hospice care for end-stage cancer. Those individuals living …
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Hidden victims of HIV/AIDS : the impact of caregiving on elderly caregivers
… children (DVCs). The responsibility of care for these children has fallen to the extended family, especially elderly females. This study aimed to explore the impact of caregiving on grandmothers caring for DVCs in two Western Cape townships, and to statistically determine predictors of …
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THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF CAREGIVING AMONG TAIWANESE CAREGIVERS OF AGING RELATIVES WITH DEMENTIA
<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> To describe family caregivers of older adults with dementia and their perceptions of the positive aspects of caregiving. More specifically, the study aimed to identify factors such as demographic characteristics of the older adults and caregivers, as well as caregiver …
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Health Utility Assessment Among Caregivers of Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis
… questionnaire (EQ–5D–3L) among caregivers of individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS), assess caregiver utilities and determine predictors of utilities, and compare caregiver utilities obtained from the EQ–5D–3L and the SF–6D. METHODS A web–based survey was administered to MS …
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Caregiver training to enhance care interactions with persons with neurocognitive disorders: An additive treatement study
… to help them with everyday tasks, yet informal caregivers might not be aware of the need to scaffold tasks or know how to maximize the care recipients’ engagement. The current study recruited three men who were full-time family caregivers for women (spouses, their mother). The study assessed the …
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Children as caregivers: Counselors-in-training awareness and comfort related to children's caregiving
… comfort inquiring about, children's caregiving activities. The sample for this study was recruited from students enrolled in a Master's level counselor education program. There were 110 students who participated in this study. Exploratory Factor Analysis was conducted on caregiving …
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Service Utilization among Bereaved Spouses and Family Caregivers
For family caregivers, response to the death of the care recipient is marked by a high degree of variability. In recognition of this variability, a range of services and interventions is available to assist individuals in the adjustment to bereavement. The present dissertation, consisting of three …
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The relationship between moderate physical activities and sleep quality and quantity among persons with dementia
… Telephone questionnaires were administered to 40 caregivers of a person with dementia. The caregivers answered the questions as proxies on behalf of their care recipient. Results: Active persons with dementia experienced significantly better sleep quantity than their inactive counterparts …
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Dependency in Caregiving Contexts : The Role of Personality
… dependency and morale among 114 elderly care recipients. The research draws on a trait personality and person-environment perspective in order to understand factors which influence dependency in home and institutional environments. Subjects completed standardized scales of trait …
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