Does Caregiving Strain Increase as Patients With and Without Dementia Approach the End of Life?
Vick J, Ornstein K, Szanton S, Dy S, Wolff J. Does Caregiving Strain Increase as Patients With and Without Dementia Approach the End of Life? Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2018, 57: 199-208.e2. PMID: 30453054, PMCID: PMC6348024, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.11.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd of lifeDementia caregiversOlder adultsNondementia caregiversCaregivers of older adultsCommunity-living older adultsEnd-of-life statusHigher caregiver strainOlder adult deathsPrevalence of dementiaProportion of caregiversCare of personsMedicare enrollment filesEnd-of-lifeNationally representative sampleMultivariate logistic regressionFamily caregiversCaregiving strainCaregiver strainCaregiver factorsProviding careSelf-careEnrollment filesPrimary caregiversCaregivers