Open AccessStress and Burden Among Caregivers of Patients with Lewy Body Dementia
Author(s) -
Amanda Leggett,
Steven H. Zarit,
Angela Taylor,
James E. Galvin
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnq055
Subject(s) - dementia , activities of daily living , caregiver burden , worry , lewy body , psychology , affect (linguistics) , dementia with lewy bodies , gerontology , caregiver stress , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , anxiety , disease , communication , pathology
Patients with Lewy body dementia (LBD) may present a unique set of symptoms and challenges to family caregivers compared with other types of dementia. Prominent difficulties include motor impairment, activities of daily living (ADLs) disability, recurrent behavioral and emotional problems (BEPs), and diagnostic difficulties. These problems are likely to affect caregivers' subjective burden.
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