Does Caregiving Strain Increase as Patients With and Without Dementia Approach the End of Life?

ABSTRACT:

Context

Family caregivers play critical and demanding roles in the care of persons with dementia through the end of life.

Objectives

The objective of this study was to determine whether caregiving strain increases for dementia caregivers as older adults approach the end of life, and secondarily, whether this association differs for nondementia caregivers.

Methods

Participants included a nationally representative sample of community-living older adults receiving help with self-care or indoor mobility and their primary caregivers (3422 dyads). Older adults' death within 12 months of survey was assessed from linked Medicare enrollment files. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the association between dementia and end-of-life status and a composite measur

SUBMITTER: Vick JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6348024 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature