ArticlePsychology and aging2020
Cognitive limitations in older adults receiving care reduces well-being among spouse caregivers.
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- The effectiveness of emotion-oriented approaches on psychological outcomes and cognitive function in older adults: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.Journal of global health · 2024Pooled it
- Informal Caregiving, Loneliness and Social Isolation: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Individually tailored nutritional guidance improved dietary intake of older family caregivers: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of nutrition · 2022Trial
- A Controlled Pilot Study of the Wish Outcome Obstacle Plan Strategy for Spouses of Persons With Early-Stage Dementia.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2022Trial
- Prevalence of Chronic Diseases by Cognitive Function Level and Age Group Among Middle-Aged and Older Korean Adults.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2025Article
- In sickness and in health: Loneliness, depression, and the role of marital quality among spouses of persons with dementia.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2023Article
- Transition Into the Caregiver Role Among Older Adults: A Study of Social Participation and Social Support Based on the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2023Article
- Social, behavioural, and functional characteristics of community-dwelling South Korean adults with moderate and severe cognitive impairment.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2022Article
- Takes Two to Tango: Cognitive Impairment and Sexual Activity in Older Individuals and Dyads.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2022Article
- Resilience and Social Support-Giving Scales: Conceptual and Empirical Validation.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2021Article
- Considerations of Family Functioning and Clinical Interventions.Gerontology & geriatric medicineReview
- Relationship between caregiver characteristics and the reported quality of life of people with mild and moderate dementia.Revista CuidarteArticle
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Abstract
A large number of older adults have physical and/or cognitive challenges and require help to manage everyday activities. Many older adults receive care from a spouse. Over the long term, this has adverse consequences for caregiver health and well-being. Less is known about the outcomes associated with the early transition to becoming a spousal caregiver. Nor is it clear how mild-cognitive decline worsens caregiver outcomes. The present study uses dyadic data from 588 couples in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project to compare mental and social well-being in marital partners who became a spousal caregiver versus those who remained noncaregivers or became caregivers for someone other than a spouse between 2010 and 2015. Cognitive ability was assessed using a validated version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Moderated Actor-Partner Independence Models revealed that becoming a caregiver was associated with an increase in perceived stress in both men and women, and an increase in anxiety among men. Partners' cognitive limitations moderated, in a dose-dependent fashion, the association between becoming a caregiver and changes in well-being. Specifically, becoming a caregiver was associated with increased support from friends for wives at lower levels of husband's cognitive ability, and with increased anxiety for husbands at lower levels of wife's cognitive ability. Associations were independent of demographic characteristics and physical limitations. We discuss the value of using population-based samples to study the transition to caregiving and implications for interventions during the early transition to a caregiving role for even modestly cognitively impaired partners. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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