2024
“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
2018
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