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"You Feel Very Isolated": Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Caregiver Social Connections.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Unpaid caregiving and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic-A systematic review of the quantitative literature.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Redefining respite for family caregivers: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
- Estimating the social burden of COVID-19 among caregivers of COVID-19 patients in punjab, pakistan.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Increased Care Provision and Caregiver Wellbeing: Moderation by Changes in Social Network Care Provision.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- Exploring the recovery journey of COVID-19 critical care survivors during the first year after hospital discharge.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2024Article
- Perceived loss of support to community caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.Journal of community psychology · 2024Article
- "I've been doing this for years": the COVID-19 pandemic and family caregiver isolation and loneliness.Frontiers in aging · 2024Article
- Factors associated with loneliness in Latin-American family care partners during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- "Picturing a Way Forward": Strategies to Manage the Effects of COVID-19-Related Isolation on Long-Term Care Residents and Their Informal Caregivers.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
- 'There's no straight line…' a consumer-informed intervention for FTD family care partners: the STELLA-FTD pilot study.Aging & mental healthArticle
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Abstract
One in five individuals in the United States provides care and support to ill, disabled, and aging family members in the home, leading to feelings of burden, stress, and poor health and well-being. Social support represents an important buffer for family caregivers that allows them to feel less isolated and more positive about their caregiving role. This sequential mixed-methods study aimed to examine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on family caregivers' social connections. Eighty-two caregivers completed a web-based survey which comprised of fixed-choice and open-ended questions. Survey data showed that the majority of caregivers (83%) reported an increase in stress and feeling lonely (77%) during the pandemic. Qualitative interviews with a subsample of caregivers (
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