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The Impact of Anticipatory Grief on Caregiver Burden in Dementia Caregivers

Author(s) -

Caitlin Holley,

Benjamin T. Mast

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnp061

Subject(s) - dementia , caregiver burden , grief , context (archaeology) , psychology , family caregivers , clinical psychology , multilevel model , complicated grief , mental health , cognition , psychiatry , gerontology , medicine , disease , paleontology , pathology , machine learning , computer science , biology

Interest in anticipatory grief (AG) has typically focused on terminal diseases such as cancer. However, the issues involved in AG are unique in the context of dementia due to the progressive deterioration of both cognitive and physical abilities. The current study investigated the nature of AG in a sample of dementia caregivers and examined the relationship between AG and caregiver burden.

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