Caregiving demands, job demands, and health outcomes for employed family caregivers of older adults with dementia: Structural equation modeling

Dementia is a complex disorder, which affects not only the person with dementia, but also their caregivers. Family and friends play a pivotal role as primary caregivers for persons with dementia not only in Taiwan, but also worldwide.1,2 In the USA, southeast Asia, China, and Latin America most family caregivers of persons with dementia are spouses or children, and most are female; in the UK most family caregivers are male.3 Globally, these family caregivers of persons with dementia report high levels of caregiver burden or role strain due to the incremental loss of the care-receivers' cognitive functions and increased physical and psychosocial problems.
Source: Geriatric Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research