ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2022
Overwhelmed: a Dementia Caregiver Vital Sign.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Completeness of Telehealth Interventions Reporting in Randomized Controlled Trials for Caregivers of People With Dementia: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- The dementia care study (D-CARE): Recruitment strategies and demographic characteristics of participants in a pragmatic randomized trial of dementia care.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Trial
- Psychiatric Hospitalization Precipitants and Outcomes in a Comprehensive Dementia Care Program.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2026Article
- Promoting Adaptation to Caregiving Challenges: A Qualitative Study of Dementia Caregiving Specialists.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026Article
- Risk Factors of Caregiver Burden in Patients With Cognitive Dysfunction: A Scoping Review.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- Caregivers' burden analytics: combining variables from patients with dementia and their caregivers.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- IADL for identifying cognitive impairment in Chinese older adults: insights from cross-lagged panel network analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Factors influencing the employed caregiver burden for patients with dementia residing in nursing homes: A cross-sectional study from China.International journal of nursing sciences · 2024Article
- Dementia Ideal Care: Ecosystem Map of Best Practices and Care Pathways Enhanced by Technology and Community.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2024Article
- Caregivers' Burden on Patients with Dementia Having Multiple Chronic Diseases.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2024Article
- A translationally informed approach to vital signs for psychiatry: a preliminary proof of concept.NPP - digital psychiatry and neuroscience · 2024Article
- "Each Day We Lose a Little More": Visual Depictions of Family Caregiving for Persons with Dementia.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023Article
- Caregiving to Older Adults With a Physical Limitation: Evidence From the Mexican Health and Aging Study.Innovation in aging · 2023Article
- Perceptions of Stress and Engagement in High-Intensity Caregiving: A Cross-Sectional Study in Lithuania.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe emotional stress of caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias is high and results in adverse effects on caregivers and the persons living with disease. In preliminary work, caregiver reports of regularly feeling "completely overwhelmed" were associated with lack of measurable clinical benefit from a comprehensive dementia care program.
objectiveTo examine the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of all caregivers who felt overwhelmed at entry into a comprehensive dementia care program, the trajectory of this symptom over 1 year, and its predictive value for 1-year caregiver outcomes.
designLongitudinal cohort study
settingAcademic health center
participantsCaregivers of patients enrolled in a comprehensive dementia care program EXPOSURES: Caregiver report of feeling "completely overwhelmed" at baseline MAIN MEASURES: Caregiver report of feeling "completely overwhelmed" at baseline and 1 year, and validated scales of caregiver strain, distress, depressive symptoms, burden, mortality, and long-term nursing home placement KEY
resultsCompared to caregivers who were not overwhelmed, overwhelmed caregivers had more distress from behavioral symptoms of the person living with dementia, worse depression scores, and higher composite dementia burden scores at baseline. They also had worse depressive symptoms, strain, and composite burden scores at 1 year, after adjustment for baseline scores. Having an overwhelmed caregiver did not predict long-term nursing home placement or mortality among persons with dementia.
conclusionsA single question about whether a caregiver is overwhelmed might indicate caregivers who have considerable current and future symptom burden and who may benefit from increased support and resources.
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