“I’ve been doing this for years”: the COVID-19 pandemic and family caregiver isolation and loneliness
Sullivan C, Vick J, Decosimo K, Grubber J, Coffman C, Bruening R, Sperber N, Tucker M, Dadolf J, Boucher N, Wang V, Allen K, Hastings S, Van Houtven C, Shepherd-Banigan M. “I’ve been doing this for years”: the COVID-19 pandemic and family caregiver isolation and loneliness. Frontiers In Aging 2024, 5: 1376103. PMID: 38881826, PMCID: PMC11176456, DOI: 10.3389/fragi.2024.1376103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFamily caregiversSurvey of family caregiversFamily caregivers of veteransActivities of daily livingCaregiver support interventionsCaregivers of veteransAssociated with caregiversSocial isolationSecondary analysis of survey dataCOVID-19 pandemicQualitative content analysisOpen-ended survey questionsSkills training programCaregiver lonelinessLogistic regression modelsOpen-ended responsesCaregiver isolationCaregiver groupsCare recipientsCaregiving experienceSupport interventionsImplementation trialDaily livingExperience of lonelinessOlder adults