The study adds spatial dimension to caregiving literature and extends stress process theory. The findings important implications for service planning and social support for adult child caregivers.
The study shows that culturally, sensitive education and specific trainings for formal and informal dementia caregivers are urgently needed in China.
Researchers find that a decline in social participation mediated the relationship between urinary incontinence and negative mood in married older men, but not male-other group or women.
The study finds considerable variation within families that shapes patterns and consequences of parent-adult child ties that is masked when such variations are not taken into account.
Use of physical and chemical restraint was highly prevalent among LTCF residents in Hong Kong, with an increasing trend over a period of 11 years, especially targeting the most physically and cognitively frail older people. Appropriate healthcare staff education and policy change are urgently needed to ensure personal care that is characterized by respect, dignity, empathy, and compassion for the older generation.
The study examines the physical health effect of caregiving on grandparents in the Chinese context based on caregiver type.
The study that finds that return migrants to Mexico with long stays in the United States experience more disrupted family ties and have fewer nonspouse individuals in their households to potentially provide caregiving assistance.
The study finds that older and Mayan populations had lower odds of drinking in Yucatán, Mexico.
The study finds that people who were worried about not having a caregiver had higher levels of depressive symptoms than those who did not have that worry.
The study that finds that age, financial strain, functional limitations, depression and children’s filial piety are among the factors related to suicidal thoughts.
