Prolonged grief in caregivers of community-dwelling dementia patients

Conclusions:
Caregivers of patients with dementia may experience grief symptoms that are associated with low educational level, high level of burden and anxiety, and high perceived deterioration of their demented relatives’ cognitive and functional abilities.

Source: American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias - March 23, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Passoni, S., Toraldo, A., Villa, B., Bottini, G. Tags: Current Topics in Research Source Type: research