A randomized control trial of activity scheduling for caring for older adults with dementia and its impact on their spouse care-givers.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2020.104167
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Participating in meaningful activities is important for any individual's wellbeing. Activity scheduling enables older adults with dementia and their spouse caregivers to structure their activities in accordance with the things they value. METHODS In… read more here.
Keywords: activity scheduling; adults dementia; group; older adults ... See more keywords
The experience of caring for an advanced lung cancer spouse: Vulnerable journey of caregiving.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enfcli.2019.04.135
Abstract: OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to gain a deep understanding of the experience of carrying the role of spousal caregiver of an advanced lung cancer partner during treatment in hospital. METHODS A qualitative,… read more here.
Keywords: advanced lung; experience; role; lung cancer ... See more keywords
Shared agency: The dominant spouse’s impact on education expenditure
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.03.006
Abstract: In this paper, we consider whether it is the gender of the decision maker or the extent of agency that they wield that is crucial to increasing household welfare. This is an important question as… read more here.
Keywords: education expenditure; dominant spouse; spouse; impact education ... See more keywords
P10: Changes in sexual activity and sexual satisfaction: views of people with dementia and their spouse-carers
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DOI: 10.1017/s1041610224002448
Abstract: Introduction: The progression of dementia may be followed by decreased sexual activity for People with Alzheimer’s Disease (PwAD) and their spouse-carers. The aim of this study was to investigate the perception of change in sexual… read more here.
Keywords: sexual satisfaction; satisfaction; sexual activity; spouse carers ... See more keywords
How Young Widows and Widowers Experience Grief More Than Two Years Following the Death of Their Spouse: An Integrative Review
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DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2025.2475354
Abstract: Abstract Background Grieving the loss of a spouse as a young adult is unthinkable to many, yet a reality for some. Little is known about the grief of young widow(er)s, age 45 and under, and… read more here.
Keywords: spouse; integrative review; death spouse; following death ... See more keywords
Comparison of spouse and patient personality change judgments following MS onset.
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DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2022.2101478
Abstract: OBJECTIVES This is the first study to estimate the prevalence and predictors of spouse and patient perceptions of global/overall personality change (PC) in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS 69 clinic patients and their spouses… read more here.
Keywords: personality change; comparison spouse; spouse; spouse patient ... See more keywords
Health and Social Constraints for Elderly Chinese Women Who Lose Their Only Child and Spouse: A Perspective of Resilience
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DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2022.2097147
Abstract: ABSTRACT Aging Chinese people who lose their only child are a newly developed vulnerable group as the result of the one child policy in China. As an integral part of this group, women who have… read more here.
Keywords: resilience; health; child spouse; spouse ... See more keywords
Depression risk associated with spouses’ diabetes and cardiovascular events: a nationwide cohort study
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DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaf075
Abstract: Abstract Little is known about whether spouse’s diabetes is associated with subsequent depression of individuals. Moreover, evidence is lacking regarding whether a spouse’s subsequent cardiovascular disease (CVD) mediates its association. We examined 521 010 married couples… read more here.
Keywords: spouses diabetes; cvd; depression; spouse ... See more keywords
Heart disease risk information, encouragement, and physical activity among Mexican-origin couples: Self- or spouse-driven change?
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DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibx012
Abstract: Family health history is an accessible, clinically-recommended genomic tool that improves health risk evaluation. It captures both genetic and modifiable risk factors that cluster within families. Thus, families represent a salient context for family health… read more here.
Keywords: physical activity; risk information; risk; spouse ... See more keywords
Factors Influencing Burden in Spouse-Caregivers of Patients with Chronic-Acquired Brain Injury
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DOI: 10.1155/2020/6240298
Abstract: In this cross-sectional study, we assess associated factors of burden in spouse-caregivers of patients with acquired brain injury (ABI) in the chronic phase. 35 spouse-caregivers (71% female, mean age ± SD: 55.7 ± 11.1y) of patients… read more here.
Keywords: spouse caregivers; burden spouse; acquired brain; caregivers patients ... See more keywords
Abstract 5540: Spouse caregivers of patients with glioblastoma report unmet needs throughout the disease trajectory
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DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2023-5540
Abstract: Glioblastoma (GBM) is a devastating and terminal cancer that results in memory loss, cognitive declines, personality changes, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and physical impairments that greatly affect quality of life of both the patient with GBM and… read more here.
Keywords: unmet needs; disease; spouse; support ... See more keywords