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Newest in this topic

  1. Is there a role for artificial intelligence in end-of-life care for persons with dementia? Perspectives of and recommendations by caregivers and hospice staff 2026-09-17
  2. Online Peer Support Use Among Informal Caregivers of People Living With Alzheimer Disease or Related Dementias: National Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey 2026-09-07
  3. Interconnected Challenges in Dementia Caregiving: A Co-occurrence Network Analysis of Burden, Unmet Needs, and System Failures Among Caregivers 2026-08-17

Studies

1,013 studies carry this tag; 1,012 of them have a date.

Date range

1986 to 2026

Top journals

  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 63
  • The Gerontologist 48
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia 28
  • International psychogeriatrics 28
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 26

339 journals in all.

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  1. Factors determining the decision to institutionalize dementing individuals: a prospective study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. The Gerontologist 1993-12-01 Caregiving

    This longitudinal study of 196 caregiver/care receiver dyads was undertaken to determine the variables predictive of caregiver decision to institutionalize a dependent with dementia.

  2. Time until institutionalization and death in patients with dementia. Role of caregiver training and risk factors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Archives of neurology 1993-06-01 Caregiving

    Both severity ("how far") and rate of deterioration ("how fast") influence time to NHA and death.

  3. Reducing antipsychotic drug use in nursing homes. A controlled trial of provider education

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Archives of internal medicine 1993-03-01 Disparities

    This suggests that for many antipsychotic drug users benefits may be marginal and that programs to reduce such drug use among the 250,000 US nursing home residents receiving these drugs should have high priority.

  4. What is appropriate health care for end-stage dementia?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1993-01-01 End-of-life care

    Professional and family members of demented individuals, especially if they have experience in terminal care decisions, strongly favor palliative care for end-stage dementia.

  5. A comparison of caregivers for elderly stroke and dementia victims

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1992-09-01 Caregiving

    Elderly co-resident caregivers for stroke and dementia patients experience similar degrees of burden and high levels of psychological morbidity.

  6. Black and white dementia caregivers: a comparison of their adaptation, adjustment, and service utilization

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. The Gerontologist 1992-06-01 Disparities

    We compared black (n = 33) and white (n = 119) caregivers of dementia patients on indices of adaptation, adjustment, and utilization of supportive services.

  7. Incontinence and troublesome behaviors predict institutionalization in dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology 1992-01-01 Caregiving

    Factors predicting the early institutionalization of demented patients were studied in 143 outpatients using univariate and multivariate life-table methods.

  8. Spousal caregivers of dementia victims: longitudinal changes in immunity and health

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Psychosomatic medicine 1991-07-01 How common it is

    Providing long-term care for a demented relative profoundly affects caregivers' lives.

  9. Caregiving and the Stress Process: An Overview of Concepts and Their Measures

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. The Gerontologist 1990-10-01 Caregiving

    This paper views caregiver stress as a consequence of a process comprising a number of interrelated conditions, including the socioeconomic characteristics and resources of caregivers and the primary and secondary stressors to which they are exposed.

  10. Insight for impairment in independent living skills in Alzheimer's disease and multi-infarct dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology 1990-03-01 Caregiving

    Dementing diseases cause a deterioration in the capacity for independent living skills (ILS).

  11. Psychological, social, and health consequences of caring for a relative with senile dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1987-05-01 Caregiving

    While providing home care for a family member with senile dementia is clearly extremely stressful, there has been little controlled research assessing the specific effects of this stress on caregiver psychological, social, and health functioning.

  12. Hospice approach to the treatment of patients with advanced dementia of the Alzheimer type

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. JAMA 1986-10-01 End-of-life care

    A program that limits the extent of medical treatment in patients with advanced dementia of the Alzheimer type was initiated on an intermediate medical ward.

  13. Transition to long term care for elders with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 26 out of 100. Not indexed Health systems and care delivery

    A theory-guided non-experimental, descriptive, correlational design was used to evaluateentry and passage variables related to nursing home adjustment for individuals with dementia.

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