Improving Sleep Quality of Dementia Family Caregivers: Benefit-Finding as a Strategy?

Sleep disturbance, often in the form of fragmentation, is very prevalent among family caregivers of relatives with dementia and is a major contributor to exhaustion and depression in caregivers.1 Estimates suggest that two-thirds of dementia caregivers experience some form of sleep disturbance in the course of providing care to the relative.2 Such sleep problems may even persist after death of the care-recipient and cessation of the caregiving role.3
Source: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - Category: Geriatrics Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research