Medical Comorbidities of Dementia: Links to Caregivers' Emotional Difficulties and Gains.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate how eight major medical comorbidities of dementia (arthritis, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, lung disease, osteoporosis, and stroke) are associated with caregivers' perceptions of emotional caregiving difficulties and caregiving gains (ie, benefits or rewards from the care role).

Design

Nationally representative cross-sectional surveys of community-dwelling persons living with dementia (PLWDs) and their co-resident family caregivers in the United States.

Setting

The 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study and National Study of Caregiving.

Participants

Total of 356 co-resident family caregivers of community-dwelling PLWDs.

Measurements

Caregivers' sociodemographic and health characteristics, caregiving stressors,

SUBMITTER: Polenick CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7354235 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature