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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY
卷 12, 期 3, 页码 240-249出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajgp.12.3.240
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [P50 HL65111, P50 HL65112] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [R01 AG15321] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [K01 MH065547, P30 MH52247, U01-MH46015] Funding Source: Medline
- NINR NIH HHS [R01 NR08272] Funding Source: Medline
The authors summarize the dementia caregiving literature and provide recommendations regarding practice guidelines for health professionals working with caregivers. Family caregiving of older persons with disability has become commonplace in the United States because of increases in life expectancy and the aging of the population, with resulting higher prevalence of chronic diseases and associated disabilities, increased constraints in healthcare reimbursement, and advances in medical technology As a result, family members are increasingly being asked to perform complex tasks similar to those carried out by paid health or social service providers, often at great cost to their own well-being and great benefit to their relatives and society as a whole. The public health significance of caregiving has spawned an extensive literature in this area, much of it focused oil dementia caregiving because of the unique and extreme challenges associated with caring for someone with cognitive impairment. This article summarizes the literature on dementia caregiving, identities key issues and major findings regarding the definition and prevalence of caregiving, describes the psychiatric and physical health effects of caregiving, and reviews various intervention approaches to improving caregiver burden, depression, and quality of lift. Authors review practice guidelines and recommendations for healthcare providers in light of the empirical literature on family caregiving.
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