Leisure activity, gender and depressive symptoms among dementia caregivers: findings from the REACH II.

Conclusion: Providing respite care for dementia caregivers to engage in leisure can be a promising coping strategy for this population. Also, gender difference in leisure-depressive symptoms relationship suggests different support needed for male and female caregivers in addition to leisure. PMID: 31497991 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Aging and Mental Health - September 8, 2019 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Lee Y, Xu L, Kim BJ, Chen L Tags: Aging Ment Health Source Type: research