When the Caregiver Needs Care: The Plight of Vulnerable Caregivers

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Authors

Maryam Navaie‐Waliser · VNS Health

Penny H. Feldman · VNS Health

David Gould · VNS Health

Carol Levine · VNS Health

Alexis Kuerbis · VNS Health

Karen Donelan · VNS Health

Abstract

Reliance on informal caregivers without considering the caregiver's ability to provide care can create a stressful and potentially unsafe environment for the caregiver and the care recipient.

Topics & Keywords

Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving Health disparities and outcomes Family Caregiving in Mental Illness

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Public Health

Volume 92, Issue 3, pp. 409-413

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.92.3.409

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