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195 studies tagged loneliness, dated 1982-07-16 to 2026-10-29. Bibliography: BibTeX (.bib) · RIS (.ris)
Newest in this topic
- Elder Caregiving in Southeast Asia: A Systematic Review of Cultural Norms, Care Burdens, Carer Support and Policy Gaps 2026-10-29
- Beyond “Denial”: Understanding and Responding to Help-Refusal in Dementia 2026-10-26
- Caregiving experiences of older-adult informal family caregivers for older adults with comorbid dementia and physical disability: A qualitative study using the caregiving stress-process model 2026-10-14
Studies
195 studies carry this tag.
Date range
1982 to 2026
Top journals
- The Gerontologist 15
- Research Square 14
- International journal of geriatric psychiatry 9
- Aging & mental health 8
- Dementia (London, England) 6
105 journals in all.
Newest first, then by address. Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0); tap a score to see what makes it up. Tags were assigned automatically from each study's title and summary. The same studies as a filter in the library.
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The purpose of this longitudinal cohort study was to explore the outcomes of persons living with dementia (PLWD) and their caregivers during their first 9 months at the Integrated Memory Care Clinic (IMCC).
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However, there are barriers to their use associated with sociodemographic factors and negative attitudes, as well as inadequate knowledge about technologies.
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Of the respondents, 60/93 (65%) were women.
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Family caregivers of people with dementia (PWD) have a heavy care burden.
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During the follow-up, 428 developed dementia; 221 had AD, 157 had VaD, and 50 had dementia of other subtypes.
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The caregiver burden is frequently used to refer to the physical and psychological problems that may arise from caring for a dependent relative.
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Patient and caregiver factors contribute to caregiver burden in persons living with PD.
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Using qualitative interviews, this research explores the experiences of residential nursing home caregivers in Fukushima, who provided support to elderly sufferers of Alzheimer's or other related forms of dementia during the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
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Tele-STAR reduced caregiver burden and retained good program and treatment fidelity to STAR-C. We found Tele-STAR reduced caregiver burden and had good fidelity to the original protocol.
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43/100
There was a strong correlation between carer- and self-rated QoL, with patients consistently rating their QoL higher than caregivers.
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46/100
Dementia care, both at EOL and not at EOL, was associated with the most caregiver burden relative to regular care.
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Implementation facilitation that engages clinicians under typical practice conditions can enhance evidence-based team processes; its effect on self-reported overall population health status was negligible, although health status improved for individuals with complex conditions and hospitalization rate declined.
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The friendship subset of social networks was significantly related to cognition (independent of age, gender, depression, loneliness, and family subset of social network): B = 0.284, P = 0.01.
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Liu et al. (2017) investigated caregiver burden of patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), which was compared with caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease.
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The nature and outcome of family caregiving is different for various racial and ethnic groups.
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The relationships between caregiver burden as measured with the Burden Scale for Family Caregivers-short form and 6 characteristics of caregivers caring for patients with dementia were investigated for caregivers from England (n = 36), Finland (n = 42), and Greece (n = 46) using survey data.
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Perceived burden was directly and significantly related to depression for both spouse caregivers and adult child caregivers.
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Over the past two decades, caregiver stress has been the subject of scientific inquiry by investigators around the world representing a variety of disciplines.
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Both members of the dyad rated the PWD, on average, as being "somewhat involved".
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46/100
Self-compassion was found to be negatively related to caregiver burden and dysfunctional coping strategies and positively related to emotion-focused coping strategies.
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Caregivers of individuals with dementia are at risk for chronic stress and social isolation.
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Family carers encounter several challenges related to caring for people with dementia, and they need support in managing care recipients’ health needs.
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Over 20% of caregivers reported high levels of care-related emotional difficulty.
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Adult children receiving the NYUCI-AC completed a mean of 5.19 individual and family counseling sessions; it took on average a little over 11 months to do so.
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Seventeen studies were included in the review.
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These programs can help ensure that person- and family-centered care is maintained from time of first symptoms through end-of-life.
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Social frailty is associated with physical functioning, cognition, and depression, and predicts mortality.
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Women and racial/ethnic minority dementia caregivers have unique caregiving experiences and support needs.
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After covariate adjustment, there were few significant racial differences in caregiving strain, health, and service use.
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Oldest-old care recipients were more impaired in cognitive function and instrumental ADL; there was no difference in behavior and basic ADL.
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The mean follow-up interval was 25.0 ± 12.2 months, and two patients died during follow-up.
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Mean Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) score increased significantly between carers of PD-N (M = 13.39, SD = 12.22) compared to those of PD-MCI patients (M = 22.00, SD = 10.8), and between carers of PD-MCI and PDD patients (M = 29.33, SD = 9.59).
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Despite the progress made in the understanding of the etiology, neuropathophysiology, and treatment of different types of dementia, such disorders continue to pose huge health problems worldwide.
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The concept of personhood developed by Tom Kitwood highlights that the experience of dementia has relational dimensions that transcend the neurodegenerative impacts of the condition.
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News headlines from many nations, including the United States, Germany, Australia, and the United Kingdom, suggest that we are facing a loneliness epidemic (http://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/loneliness-research, http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-faces-epidemic-of-lonely-and-isolated-seniors-a-876635.html, https://startsat60.com/health/new-survey-reveals-australias-loneliness-epidemic, http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/tania-de-jong/loneliness-is-the-global-epidemic-of-our-times), leading to the important question of whether there is evidence to support such a claim and, if so, whether we are facing a public health crisis.
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The purpose of this study was to identify family caregivers' experiences in managing the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) with particular focus on their interpersonal interactions with patient with dementia.
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Content analysis of the video-recorded group interactions yielded recurrent themes of caregivers' spiritual reflections and their associations with managing caregiver stress responses.
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Recent statistics released by Alzheimer's Disease International has highlighted how prevalent dementia will become in the next couple of years.
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Patients with dementia differ in their behavioral and psychological symptoms according to their diagnosis with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or vascular dementia (VaD), requiring different symptom-management strategies.
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The literature indicates that people with YOD and their caregivers face a wide range of difficulties during the disease process.
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Racial and ethnic minorities currently comprise 20% of the U.S. population; in 2050, this figure is expected to rise to 42%.
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More hallucinatory experiences, social isolation, and loneliness were found in the AD group than in the healthy control group.
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General burden is shown to be determined by severity of patient's neuropsychiatric symptoms, caregiver's sense of competence, health-related quality of life.
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Family caregivers of patients with frontotemporal dementia identify behavioral disturbances as most troubling.
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The number of US adults ages sixty-five and older who are living with dementia is substantial and expected to grow, raising concerns about the demands that will be placed on family members and other unpaid caregivers.
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The study results identified that dementia-related factors were the most significant factors, representing 25.6% of caregiver burden and were followed by caregiving-related factors explaining caregiver burden significantly.
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This study examined the perception of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and caregiving among family caregivers of individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and AD in China.
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36/100
Positive aspects of caregiving in dementia have been identified as important in understanding the experiences of carers, yet the research base lacks clear definitions of key concepts.
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The level of agreement with dysfunctional thought statements from the Dementia Thoughts Caregivers Questionnaire and Thoughts Questionnaire was low.
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Two hundred and sixty participants were randomised (173 intervention, 87 TAU).
From across this tag
7 of the 195 studies in this tag, picked by a fixed rule (a hash of each study's address), not by score or date; each page of this list shows a different 7. The same 7 appear here every time.
- Cultural and linguistic adaptation of a personalised post-diagnostic dementia intervention for Bangladeshi families in the UK: an iterative adaptation study
- Emotion regulation strategies to improve outcomes in family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: A systematic review
- A randomized controlled trial of the "positive diary" intervention for family caregivers of people with dementia
- Caregiver burden and mood changes among unpaid caregivers of older adults living with dementia
- Mason Caregivers Aiming for Resilience, Empowerment, and Support Study: Assessing Family Caregiver Burden Post-Intervention
- Navigating Dementia Services: An International Review of Informal Caregiver Perspectives
- Elder Caregiving in Southeast Asia: A Systematic Review of Cultural Norms, Care Burdens, Carer Support and Policy Gaps