Health‐care use and cost in dementia caregivers: Longitudinal results from the Predictors Caregiver Study

2014134 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Carolyn W. Zhu · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Nikolaos Scarmeas · Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Katherine Ornstein · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Marilyn Albert · University of Baltimore

Jason Brandt · Johns Hopkins University

Deborah Blacker · Harvard University

Mary Sano

Abstract

Findings suggest expanding our focus on dementia patients to include family caregivers to obtain a fuller picture of effects of caregiving. Primary care providers should integrate caregivers' needs in health-care planning and delivery. Clinical interventions that treat patients and caregivers as a whole will likely achieve the greatest beneficial effects.

Topics & Keywords

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Alzheimer s & Dementia

Volume 11, Issue 4, pp. 444-454

DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2013.12.018

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