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 …
Last week, on 9 and 10 April, the 2nd International Congress on Multidisciplinary Health Research was held at University of Jaén. The congress was organized by the Faculty of Health Sciences and four research groups, …
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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 …
Leer más »Update in the research topic Informal and family caregivers
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 …
Leer más »What are the determinants of depression in primary caregivers of disabled older relatives?
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 …
Leer más »Degree thesis from University of Jaén awarded with the Metas de Enfermeria (Nursing) prize
