Geriatric assessment for the practicing clinician: The why, what, and how

A Magnuson, KP Loh, F Stauffer, W Dale… - CA: A Cancer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Older adults with cancer heterogeneously experience health care, treatment, and symptoms.
Geriatric assessment (GA) offers a comprehensive evaluation of an older individual's health …

Association of informal caregiver distress with health outcomes of community‐dwelling dementia care recipients: A systematic review

NM Stall, SJ Kim, KA Hardacre, PS Shah… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Most dementia care occurs in the community with support from informal
caregivers who are often distressed. Dementia caregiver distress is known to be hazardous …

Older adults with cancer and their caregivers—current landscape and future directions for clinical care

S Kadambi, KP Loh, R Dunne, A Magnuson… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Despite substantial improvements in the outcomes of patients with cancer over the past two
decades, older adults (aged≥ 65 years) with cancer are a rapidly increasing population and …

Dimensions of caregiver burden in dementia: impact of demographic, mood, and care recipient variables

BA Springate, G Tremont - The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective While typically examined as a unitary construct, there is evidence that caregiver
burden may be composed of several dimensions. The purpose of this study was to examine …

Social participation of people with chronic wounds: a systematic review

TM Klein, V Andrees, N Kirsten, K Protz… - International Wound …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Living with chronic ulcers can be burdensome and restrictive, with regard to not only
physical and psychological but also social well‐being. This review aims to analyse social …

Measuring the impact of informal elderly caregiving: a systematic review of tools

I Mosquera, I Vergara, I Larrañaga, M Machón… - Quality of Life …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose To classify and identify the main characteristics of the tools used in practice to
assess the impact of elderly caregiving on the informal carers' life. Methods A systematic …

The caregiver experience after stroke in a COVID-19 environment: a qualitative study in inpatient rehabilitation

R Sutter-Leve, E Passint, D Ness… - Journal of Neurologic …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background and Purpose: Stroke is the leading cause of disability in the United States. Two-
thirds of stroke survivors will require caregiver assistance. Evidence suggests the mental …

Feasibility of an online training and support program for dementia carers: results from a mixed-methods pilot randomized controlled trial

S Teles, A Ferreira, C Paúl - BMC geriatrics, 2022 - Springer
Background iSupport is an online program developed by the World Health Organization to
provide education, skills training, and social support to informal carers of persons with …

Perceived stress and depressive symptoms not neuropsychiatric symptoms predict caregiver burden in Alzheimer's disease: a cross-sectional study

M Pinyopornpanish, K Pinyopornpanish… - BMC geriatrics, 2021 - Springer
Background Caregiver burden affects the caregiver's health and is related to the quality of
care received by patients. This study aimed to determine the extent to which caregivers feel …

Family caregivers' level of mastery predicts survival of patients with glioblastoma: a preliminary report

FW Boele, CW Given, BA Given, HS Donovan… - Cancer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is associated with a poor prognosis, and
patients rely heavily on family caregivers for physical and emotional support. The capability …