ArticleThe Gerontologist2020
Daily Context for Abusive and Neglectful Behavior in Family Caregiving for Dementia.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of family carers' experience of compassion when caring for older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Acceptability of an Intervention to Prevent Older Adult Mistreatment Among Family Caregivers to Persons With Dementia: Multimethod Pilot Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Trial
- The Cause-and-Consequence Relationships between Domestic Abuse and Alzheimer's Disease: Identification of Five Subtypes.Current Alzheimer research · 2026Review
- Employment Status, Decision-Making, and Sleep Among Hispanic and Latinx Dementia Family Caregivers: A Secondary Data Analysis.Western journal of nursing research · 2025Article
- Causal Mediation Analysis for the Intergenerational Transmission of Violence Reveals Pathways From Child Maltreatment to Elder Mistreatment.The Gerontologist · 2025Observational
- Alcohol Use and Abusive or Neglectful Behaviors Among Family Caregivers of Patients With Dementia.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Elder Mistreatment Within Stroke Family Caregiving.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025Article
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- Delirium-like symptomatology in community-dwelling older adults with dementia.Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society · 2025Article
- Participation factors in a self-quantification program for family caregivers of community-dwelling older adults with long-term care in Japan.BMC research notes · 2024Article
- Patterns of Family Conflict and Accusations of Abuse in Dementia Family Caregivers: A Latent Class Analysis.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
- Self-Compassion and Emotion Dysregulation Mediate the Effect of Stress Appraisals on Elder Abuse and Neglect Behaviors in Dementia Family Caregiving.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- Subsyndromes and symptom clusters: Multilevel factor analysis of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia with intensive longitudinal data.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
- The Daily Experiences of Hispanic and Latinx Dementia Caregivers Study: Protocol for a Fully Remote Daily Diary Observational Cohort Study.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- The use of ecological momentary assessment for family caregivers of adults with chronic conditions: A systematic review.Health psychology research · 2024Article
- Shared Activities as a Protective Factor Against Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia and Caregiver Stress.Innovation in aging · 2024Article
- Qualitative Evaluation of Family Caregivers' Experiences Participating in Knowledge and Interpersonal Skills to Develop Exemplary Relationships (KINDER): Web-Based Intervention to Improve Relationship Quality.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- A scoping review of intensive longitudinal methods in informal caregivers of people with dementia.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Prevalence and correlates of elder neglect in the community-dwelling Chinese population: New evidence from the CLHLS study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Abusive episodes among home-dwelling persons with dementia and their informal caregivers: a cross-sectional Norwegian study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesThe purpose of this study was to identify risk and protective factors for abusive and neglectful behavior in the context of daily caregiving. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsFamily caregivers who co-reside with a care recipient with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia, recruited from social media, completed 21-days of diaries. Multilevel modeling with days (n = 831) nested within caregivers (N = 50) was used to evaluate relationships between hypothesized risk and protective factors and the odds of an abusive or neglectful behavior on a given day.
resultsDisruptions in the daily routine and stress of the caregiver related to behavioral symptoms of the care recipient are significant risk factors for abusive and neglectful behavior. Participating in a meaningful activity with the care recipient when it occurs twice in a day is a significant protective factor against use of a neglect behavior (OR = 0.19; CI 0.06-0.64; p = .01), but not for abusive behavior. Hypotheses that spending the full day together would increase risk, and that receipt of instrumental support and caregiver participation in self-care would decrease risk, were not supported. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Findings demonstrate that risk of an abusive or neglectful behavior varies from day-to-day in the presence and absence of contextual factors, and that the majority of the variance in the odds an abusive or neglectful behavior occurring is related to day-level factors. Findings demonstrate that diary surveys are critical to identifying ecologically valid modifiable risk and protective factors for abusive and neglectful behaviors that can be targeted in future interventions.
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