Caregiver burden in end-of-life care: Advanced cancer and final stage of dementia

Abstract

In end-of-life care for patients with dementia, due to significant levels of caregiver distress and burden symptoms, there is a need to support caregivers in the same way as is done for caregivers of cancer patients.

Development of cognitive screening test for the severely hearing impaired: Hearing‐impaired MoCA

“…In the United States, there are over 15 million unpaid caregivers who collectively provide 17.9 billion hours of assistance to the estimated 5.3 million patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) . There undoubtedly is a large amount of burden on the caregivers of dementia patients both personally and economically . It appears that caregiver burden is not only a first‐world issue, Pattanayak et al also describe a similar increasing concern regarding caregiver burden in India …”

Impact of caregiver burden on mental health in bereaved caregivers of cancer patients: A systematic review

“…Of caregivers of cancer patients, 32% to 50.7% were shown to be significantly burdened . Several studies found an adverse effect of CB on mental health during caregiving .…”

“…19 Of caregivers of cancer patients, 32% to 50.7% were shown to be significantly burdened. 22,23 Several studies found an adverse effect of CB on mental health during caregiving. [24][25][26][27] However, only few studies have focused on the long-term effects on bereavement adjustment.…”

Comparison of the lived experiences of family caregivers of patients with dementia and of patients with cancer in Indonesia

“…Therefore several studies have compared the burden of family caregivers of patients with cancer (hereafter referred to in this paper as PWC) and those of persons with dementia (hereafter referred to as PWD) with various results. Some studies reveal that family caregivers of both groups experience a similar level of burden (Kim and Schulz, 2008 ; Costa-Requena et al , 2015 ). Other studies show that family caregivers of PWD (hereafter referred to as FCD) have a higher level of burden (Papastavrou et al , 2012 ) and experience more stress than those caring for PWC (hereafter referred to as FCC) (Sampson et al , 2016 ), although one study found the opposite (Harding et al , 2015 ).…”