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Caring for Dementia Caregivers: Understanding Caregiver Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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- Patient and Caregiver Outcomes of Health System, Community-Based, and Usual Dementia Care: A Prespecified Analysis of the Dementia Care Study (D-CARE) Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA internal medicine · 2025Trial
- Psychological resilience trajectories after the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of lifestyle and psychosocial factors in a cohort at increased alzheimer's disease risk.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Identifying, engaging, and supporting care partners in primary care settings: a portal-based intervention.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Global Diseases Deserve Global Solutions: Alzheimer's Disease.Neurology international · 2025Review
- Career stage variations in mental and somatic health symptoms among nursing professionals in China: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Identifying, Engaging, and Supporting Care Partners in Clinical Settings: Protocol for a Patient Portal-Based Intervention.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Sentiment Dynamics Among Informal Caregivers in Web-Based Alzheimer Communities: Systematic Analysis of Emotional Support and Interaction Patterns.JMIR aging · 2024Article
- Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias in Muslim Women: Recommendations for Culturally Sensitive Care.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2024Review
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Abstract
More than 16 million Americans provide unpaid care for someone with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). During the COVID-19 pandemic, unpaid caregivers experienced increased chronic severe stress from widespread closures and social distancing. We conducted eight surveys from March 2020 to March 2021 among a cohort of over 10,000 individuals. Cross-sectional analysis was conducted to investigate frequency and ratios of groups reporting increased stress across surveys. A longitudinal analysis was also performed with the 1,030 participants who took more than one survey. We found a growing crisis among dementia caregivers: By Survey 8, current caregivers reported 2.9 times higher stress levels than the comparator group. By that time, 64% of current caregivers reported having multiple stress symptoms typically found in people experiencing severe stress. Both analyses reported increased levels of stressors over time that were more associated with certain caregiver groups. Our findings underscore the urgent need for public policy initiatives and supportive community infrastructure to support ADRD caregivers.
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