2019
Enfeeblement in Elders with Essential Tremor: Characterizing the Phenomenon and Its Role in Caregiver Burden
Cersonsky T, Diaz D, Kellner S, Hickman R, Zdrodowska M, Monin J, Louis E. Enfeeblement in Elders with Essential Tremor: Characterizing the Phenomenon and Its Role in Caregiver Burden. Tremor And Other Hyperkinetic Movements 2019, 9 DOI: 10.5334/tohm.461.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCaregiver burdenEssential tremorAssessment of patientsCommon movement disorderGreater tremor severityMore depressive symptomsCaregivers of individualsClinical correlatesFunctional impairmentMovement disordersGait disabilityCaregiver needsDepressive symptomsOverall healthTremor severityOlder ageGreater burdenCaregiversTremorBurdenCognitive difficultiesDisabilityScoresEldersIndividuals
2014
Compassionate Love in Individuals With Alzheimer’s Disease and Their Spousal Caregivers: Associations With Caregivers’ Psychological Health
Monin JK, Schulz R, Feeney BC. Compassionate Love in Individuals With Alzheimer’s Disease and Their Spousal Caregivers: Associations With Caregivers’ Psychological Health. The Gerontologist 2014, 55: 981-989. PMID: 24534607, PMCID: PMC4668762, DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnu001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepressive symptomsAlzheimer's diseaseSpousal caregiversCaregivers' positive appraisalsCaregiver depressive symptomsSelf-reported burdenPositive caregiving appraisalsCaregiver burdenAD individualsSignificant associationSymptomsDiseaseCaregiversCaregiving appraisalsBurdenPositive appraisalPsychological healthAssociationLess burdenCaregivingIndividualsCompassionate love