Background Dementia is an irreversible illness. The caregiver is expected to assume
increased responsibility as the condition of the person with dementia declines. It is important …

Caring for elderly people with dementia is associated with well-documented increases in
burden, distress, and decrements in mental health and wellbeing. More severe behavioural …

Abstract Effects of caregiving on physical health have received less theoretical and empirical
attention than effects on psychological health. This meta-analysis integrates results from 176 …

This meta-analysis integrates results from 229 studies on gender differences in caregiver
psychological and physical health, caregiving stressors, and social resources. Contrary to …

This meta-analysis examined the prevalence of depression and burden among informal
care-givers of people with dementia (PwD) and compared the prevalence of depression …

This study aims to extensively examine the psychometric properties of adapted version of
the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) in different Turkish samples. In order to test the …

Objective: Caring for someone with dementia can have negative consequences for
caregivers, a phenomenon known as caregiver burden. Coping strategies influence the …

Background The objectives of this study with a large sample of informal caregivers (CG)
were a) to compare health-related outcomes of CGs caring for a patient with dementia and …

Background Dementia is an important health and social care problem and is one of the main
causes of disability in later life. The number of families affected by dementia will dramatically …

Besides patients' health and well-being, healthcare interventions may affect the well-being
of significant others. Such 'spill over effects' in significant others may be distinguished in two …