The Informal Caregiver Engagement Framework

An organizing framework for informal caregiver interventions: detailing caregiving activities and caregiver and care recipient outcomes to optimize evaluation efforts

BACKGROUND Caregiver interventions may help improve the quality of informal care. Yet the lack of a systematic framework specifying the targets and outcomes of caregiver interventions hampers our ability to understand what has been studied, to evaluate existing programs, and to inform the design of future programs. Our goal was to develop an organizing framework detailing the components of the ...

Informal and Formal Social Support and Caregiver Burden: The AGES Caregiver Survey

BACKGROUND We examined the associations of informal (eg, family members and friends) and formal (eg, physician and visiting nurses) social support with caregiver's burden in long-term care and the relationship between the number of available sources of social support and caregiver burden. METHODS We conducted a mail-in survey in 2003 and used data of 2998 main caregivers of frail older adults...

Digital games: motivation, engagement and informal learning

Stroke patients' informal caregivers. Patient, caregiver, and service factors that affect caregiver strain.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Research has revealed that caring for a stroke patient can result in caregiver strain and a myriad of other difficulties for caregivers. This study aims to identify the level of strain experienced by caregivers in the early months after stroke and to assess the relationship between caregiver strain and caregiver characteristics, patient characteristics, and service inputs...

Impacts of Informal Caregiving on Caregiver Employment, Health, and Family

Impacts of Informal Caregiving on Caregiver Employment, Health, and Family As the aging population increases, the demand for informal caregiving is becoming an ever more important concern for researchers and policy-makers alike. To shed light on the implications of informal caregiving, this paper reviews current research on its impact on three areas of caregivers’ lives: employment, health, and...