Continuity and changes in three types of caregiving and the risk of depression in later life: a 2-year prospective study | Zendy

Huiying Liu | Zendy; VW Lou | Zendy

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Continuity and changes in three types of caregiving and the risk of depression in later life: a 2-year prospective study

Author(s) -

Huiying Liu,

VW Lou

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afx032

Subject(s) - spouse , medicine , longitudinal study , grandchild , depressive symptoms , depression (economics) , diversity (politics) , gerontology , health and retirement study , psychiatry , clinical psychology , grandparent , psychology , cognition , developmental psychology , pathology , sociology , anthropology , economics , macroeconomics

previous studies have well documented the psychological consequences of family caregiving but less is known about the heterogeneity of older carers being affected during different temporal phases of caregiving over time. This study aimed to prospectively examine the impact of continuity and changes in grandchild care, parent care and spouse care on older carers' depressive symptoms 2 years later.

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