We provide a framework for understanding how disability risk and features of the disability insurance program in the US affect individual consumption and labor supply behavior in an explicit life-cycle setting. We decompose earnings risk into disability shocks (that reduce the ability to work) and shocks to general productivity. We identify structural parameters of the model using indirect infe...

abstract background: lack of adequate training and support of primary caregivers of multiple sclerosis (ms) patients is the major factor in causing stress, anxiety, and increase of burden. therefore, the treatment team members such as psychiatric nurses can help these vulnerable people overcome psychiatric pressures effectively not only through their care and referral role but also through thei...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine changes in stroke survivor and caregiver quality of life (QOL) and to determine whether changes in survivor physical functioning and caregiver burden (ie, the impact of the physical, psychological, and social demands of caregiving) influence changes in QOL. METHODS Longitudinal design with 226 stroke survivor-caregiver dyads enro...

BACKGROUND Caregivers of individuals with dementia are biased in their rating of mental health measures of the care receiver. This study examines caregiver burden and depression as predictors of this bias for mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease in different domains. METHODS The sample consisted of 202 persons: 60 with mild cognitive impairment, 41 with mild Alzheimer's dise...

Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) of dementia constitute one of the most related factors to caregiver burden and patients' early institutionalization. Few studies in Brazil have examined which symptoms are associated with higher levels of caregiver distress. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the caregiver distress related to individual NPS in familial caregivers of patients with dementia. We also examined ...

Objectives: To determine changes over time in self and caregiver ratings of quality of life (QoL) in people with dementia (PwD) and to identify factors associated with changes in QoL ratings. Methods: In this longitudinal study, 69 people with mild Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers were assessed at baseline and after 1 year. We examined the association of QoL ratings with the following...

BACKGROUND Birth defects impose substantial costs on both families and society because of medical, developmental, and special education needs. Caring for children with birth defects also may influence caregiver time and impact the family. However, the economic cost of caregiver time and other impacts on the family has received far less attention than traditional healthcare costs. METHODS This...

OBJECTIVES To assess subjective caregiver burden among partners of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and to identify partner and patient variables and objective caregiver burden related to subjective caregiver burden. METHODS In 2001, 134 patients diagnosed with RA and their caregiving partners participated in a postal questionnaire survey. Information was gathered on age, gender and health ...

Previous research suggested that 16-week old dog pups, but not wolf pups, show attachment behaviour to a human caregiver. Attachment to a caregiver in dog pups has been demonstrated by differential responding to a caregiver compared to a stranger in the Ainsworth Strange Situation Test. We show here that 3-7 week old wolf pups also show attachment-like behaviour to a human caregiver as measured...

Nonprofessional caregiving is crucial to effective end-of-life care for patients who wish to die at home. The burden of caregiving may lead to physical illness, emotional distress, financial hardship, and early mortality in the caregiver. Unmet caregiver needs have historically been poorly recognized and incompletely studied. Early recognition of caregiver distress, validation of the caregiver ...