Neurodegenerative Disease Caregivers ’ 5-HTTLPR Genotype Moderates the Effect of Patients’ Empathic Accuracy Deficits on Caregivers’ Well-Being

Neurodegenerative diseases are incurable, debilitating conditions that result in deficits in cognitive, emotional, and motor functioning. With increasing incidence of these diseases, the number of close loved ones serving as caregivers is rising dramatically.1 Compared to non-caregiving adults and nondementia caregivers, caregivers of patients with dementia have considerably lower well-being.2,3 Not all caregivers experience similar declines in well-being. Thus, it is important to identify the factors accounting for caregivers ’ vulnerability and resilience.

Source: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - April 28, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jenna L. Wells, Casey L. Brown, Alice Y. Hua, Peter D. Soyster, Kuan-Hua Chen, Deepika R. Dokuru, Giovanni Coppola, Claudia M. Haase, Robert W. Levenson Tags: Regular Research Article Source Type: research