Open AccessTill Death Do Us Part: Intersecting Health and Spousal Dementia Caregiving on Caregiver Mortality
Author(s) -
Amanda Leggett,
Amanda Sonnega,
Matthew C. Lohman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of aging and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.041
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1552-6887
pISSN - 0898-2643
DOI - 10.1177/0898264319860975
Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , health and retirement study , gerontology , cardiovascular health , disease , proportional hazards model , surgery , pathology
We consider whether it is the healthiest dementia caregivers who experience a mortality benefit and whether a protective association is consistent for leading causes of mortality.