Dementia caregiver burden: a research update and critical analysis

ST Cheng - Current psychiatry reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This article provides an updated review of the determinants of
caregiver burden and depression, with a focus on care demands and especially the …

The psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on caregivers of people with dementia

M Altieri, G Santangelo - The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Caregivers of people with dementia (pwD) are at risk of depression, anxiety,
and burden. COVID-19 pandemic and government-imposed lockdown as a preventive …

Anxiety in informal dementia carers: A meta-analysis of prevalence

L Kaddour, N Kishita - Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Much of the carer literature has focused on depression and burden as primary outcomes
and anxiety appear somewhat neglected. Providing evidence on the prevalence of carer …

Caregiver burden, sleep quality, depression, and anxiety in dementia caregivers: a comparison of frontotemporal lobar degeneration, dementia with Lewy bodies, and …

S Liu, J Liu, XD Wang, Z Shi, Y Zhou, J Li… - International …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Background: Very few recent studies are available that compare caregiver burden, sleep
quality, and stress in caregivers of different types of dementia. We aimed to investigate …

Alzheimer's disease or behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia? Review of key points toward an accurate clinical and neuropsychological diagnosis

G Musa, A Slachevsky, C Muñoz-Neira… - Journal of …, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are the most common
neurodegenerative earlyonset dementias. Despite the fact that both conditions have a very …

Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

WW Seeley - CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology, 2019 - journals.lww.com
PURPOSE OF REVIEW This article describes the clinical, anatomic, genetic, and pathologic
features of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and discusses strategies to …

Psychological and social impacts of frontotemporal dementia on caregivers and family members–A systematic review

YL Tan, YKJ Lo, CSH Ho - General Hospital Psychiatry, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) may impose substantial psychological and
social burdens on caregivers and family members that are unique from other forms of …

Frontotemporal dementia

DG Clark - CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology, 2024 - journals.lww.com
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Caring for loved ones with frontotemporal degeneration: The lived experiences of spouses

L Massimo, LK Evans, P Benner - Geriatric Nursing, 2013 - Elsevier
There is an abundant literature about the experience of caregiving for a spouse living with
Alzheimer's disease (AD), but there are very few qualitative studies about caregiving for …

Life enhancing activities for family caregivers of people with frontotemporal dementia

GA Dowling, J Merrilees, J Mastick… - Alzheimer Disease & …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Aberrant psychological and behavioral symptoms are common in patients with dementia.
These symptoms have negative consequences for family caregivers, causing stress and …