News tagged with caregivers
Caregivers may benefit from adult day care
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Caring for an elderly family member can be stressful and can pose health threats to caregiver givers. Steven Zarit, professor and head, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State, received a $3 million ...
Study: Many terminally ill patients feel abandoned by their doctors
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Terminally ill patients and their family caregivers often feel abandoned by their doctors and feel a sense of "unfinished business" with them, according to a new study by an oncologist at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
Female caregivers of Alzheimer's patients find comfort in religion, families
Nov 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Women who take care of Alzheimer's disease patients are more likely than men to take advantage of some support services including transportation, but not seek in-home help.
Caring for the caregiver: Redefining the definition of patient
Nov 10, 2008 |
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One quarter of all family caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients succumb to the stress of providing care to a loved one and become hospital patients themselves, according to an Indiana University study published in the ...
Study shows that older adult caregivers of people with dementia have worse sleep than noncaregivers
Aug 15, 2008 |
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A study in the August 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that the sleep patterns of older adults who live with and provide direct care during the night for a person with dementia are significantly worse ...
New study finds caregivers of spouses with dementia enjoy life less
Aug 12, 2008 |
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Spouses of husbands and wives with dementia pay an emotional toll as they care for their ailing spouse. This has prompted a call for new interventions and strategies to assist caregivers in coping with the demands of this ...
