Spouse caregiving may be harmful.Studies have shown the impact of caregiving on the caregivers health. However, less has been researched on the impact of caregiving by spouses and other family caregivers A family caregiver is a person who manages or provides direct assistance to a loved one who needs help with day to day activities because of a chronic condition, cognitive limitations, or aging. . An article in the Journal of the American Geriatric geriatric /ger·i·at·ric/ (jer?e-at´rik) 1. pertaining to elderly persons or to the aging process. 2. pertaining to geriatrics. ger·i·at·ric adj. 1. Society, Feb. 2005 reports that potentially harmful caregiver care·giv·er n. 1. An individual, such as a physician, nurse, or social worker, who assists in the identification, prevention, or treatment of an illness or disability. 2. behavior is more likely: * in spouse spouse A legal marriage partner as defined by state law caregiving situations, * when care recipients have greater needs for care, * when caregivers are more cognitively impaired, * when caregivers have more physical symptoms, and * are at risk for clinical depression. This risk profile is similar to that for negative caregiver outcomes. |
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