ArticleThe Gerontologist2016
Dementia Caregivers' Use of Services for Themselves.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- Conceptualizing Family Caregivers' Use of Community Support Services: A Scoping Review.The Gerontologist · 2024Pooled it
- The value of supportive care: A systematic review of cost-effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions for dementia.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Impact of the REACH II and REACH VA Dementia Caregiver Interventions on Healthcare Costs.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2017Trial
- Adult day services, leisure time satisfaction, and psychosocial well-being among dementia caregivers.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
- Urban Versus Rural Differences in Services Requested, Received, and Interest Expressed Among Informal Caregivers of Older U.S. Veterans.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2026Article
- Comparing Unmet Service Needs Between Rural and Urban Family Caregivers of People Living With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: A Multisite Study.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
- Use of Caregiving Support Services Among Diverse Dementia Caregivers by Geographic Context.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
- Use of tangible, educational and psychological support services among Chinese American dementia caregivers.Dementia (London, England) · 2022Article
- Home care nursing for persons with dementia from a family caregivers' point of view: Predictors of utilisation in a rural setting in Austria.Health & social care in the community · 2022Article
- Factors Associated with Health Check-up and Cancer Screening Participation among Family Caregivers of Patients with Dementia: A Cross-Sectional Study.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Correlates of Formal Support Service Use among Dementia Caregivers.Journal of gerontological social work · 2021Article
- Factors affecting the use of home-based services and out-of-home respite care services: A survey of family caregivers for older persons with dementia in Northern Norway.Dementia (London, England) · 2020Article
- Characteristics, Burden of Care and Quality of Life of Next of Kin of People with Dementia Attending Farm-Based Day Care in Norway: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2020Article
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- Finding fault: Criticism as a care management strategy and its impact on outcomes for dementia caregivers.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2019Article
- Influences on the access to and use of formal community care by people with dementia and their informal caregivers: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- Tip of the Iceberg: Assessing the Global Socioeconomic Costs of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias and Strategic Implications for Stakeholders.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2019Review
- Participation and interest in support services among family caregivers of older adults with cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2018Article
- A qualitative study exploring medication management in people with dementia living in the community and the potential role of the community pharmacist.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2017Article
- Implementation of the REACH model of dementia caregiver support in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.Translational behavioral medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
purpose of the studyHealth care and social services such as physician visits and support groups used by dementia caregivers for themselves were examined. Caregivers (N = 642) were from the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregivers Health (REACH II) study. DESIGN AND
methodsCaregiver predisposing, enabling, and need variables were examined using chi-squared and t-tests to characterize service users. Stagewise linear regression was used to explain numbers of services used.
resultsPredisposing, enabling, and need variables were significantly related to dementia caregivers' service use. In regression, caregivers who were older, more educated, married, not employed, depressed, with functional disability needs, more illness-related reduced activity days, more medications, more symptoms, and fewer hours on duty per day used significantly more services for themselves. The statistically significant model explained 22.2% variance in numbers of services used. Service users, compared with nonusers, evidenced greater burden, bother with behaviors, and more desire to institutionalize. IMPLICATIONS: This study shows that caregiver service use is related to caregiver characteristics. Future work should examine the impact of caregiving on health care and social service use and costs. The societal costs of caregiving may be better understood when we account for additional service use by caregivers themselves. A significant clinical and policy issue is who should assess and support the caregiver. Possibilities include the care recipient's health care practitioner, the caregiver's health care practitioner, or a formal caregiver-focused program based in the health care system or the social service network.
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