In developed countries, the increase in ageing and dependency has increased the need for long-term care. In these countries most long-term care is provided by the family. Caring for an older adult dependent may impact …
This topic is developed by researchers Rafael del Pino Casado, Antonio Frías Osuna, Pedro A Palomino Moral and Sara Moreno Cámara. In 2001, we started our research topic on care provided in the context of …
Despite the generally accepted belief that social support improves caregiver adjustment in general and subjective burden in particular, the literature shows mixed findings, and a recent review concluded that the predictive strength of caregiver social …
Despite the large literature corpus about the factors related to depression; several factors such as caregiving obligation and the interrelationships among the different variables related to depression have been scarcely studied. A recent article by …
Recently, the decision of the 19th Metas 2017 research award was made public, and the winner was the paper entitled “Non-pharmacologic interventions to reduce depression, anxiety and stress in caregivers of people with dementia: a …
In order to describe the initial process through which people who imminently become caregivers of a dependent elderly relative, was designed a qualitative study, for which its analysis has been directed by Grounded Theory principles. …
