Open AccessAnticipating an Easier Day: Effects of Adult Day Services on Daily Cortisol and Stress
Author(s) -
Laura Cousino Klein,
Kyungmin Kim,
David M. Almeida,
Elia E. Femia,
Michael J. Rovine,
Steven H. Zarit
Publication year - 2014
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/gnu060
Subject(s) - day to day , day treatment , stress (linguistics) , psychology , medicine , operations management , engineering , linguistics , philosophy
Family caregivers experience high levels of stress that place them at risk for poor health outcomes. We explore whether an intervention which lowers caregivers' daily exposure to stressors, adult day services (ADS), leads to improved regulation of the stress hormone, cortisol, which has implications for health and well-being.
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