Alzheimer's Disease Caregiver Characteristics and Their Relationship with Anticipatory Grief.

ABSTRACT: In Alzheimer's disease, two fundamental aspects become important for caregivers: ambiguity and ambivalence. Thus, anticipatory grief is considered an active psychological process that is very different from the mere anticipation of death. The present study aims to determine which characteristics of family caregivers of people with dementia, such as age, gender, educational level, relationship with the person with dementia, years with dementia or years as a caregiver, are related to the presence of anticipatory grief. A cross-sectional design was employed. The sample consisted of a total of 129 subjects who cared for a family member with dementia. A sociodemographic data sheet and a battery of tests measure the presence of anticipatory grief, caregiver burden and/or psychopathology. The res

SUBMITTER: Perez-Gonzalez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8392352 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature