Tag Archives for caregiver
Guess Who’s the Caregiver Tonight?
File this in the “Support my Hypothesis” file: “Women are more likely than men to give up sleep to care for children and others,” states Charity Brown in the Washington Post. Women are 2 ½ times as likely as men…
Tags: American Time Use Survey, caregiver, Charity Brown, depression, Sleep, sleep apnea, Social Forces, U.S. Census Bureau, University of Michigan, Washington Post, women
Caring for a Spouse with Alzheimer’s Puts Significant Other at Greater Risk
At the recent Alzheimer’s Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease, an eye opening study demonstrated that spouses who care for a mate suffering from dementia were more likely to develop the same condition, with husband caregivers at a much…
Tags: Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimers/Dementia, blood pressure, caregiver, cholesterol, dementia, exercise, healthy diet, NYU, Ralph Nixon, risk factor, spouse, stress
Heartbreak in the Throes of Dementia
By: Nechama Drillick Advanced dementia is something that the average healthy person has a hard time imagining unless they are the caregiver of a loved one in that condition. Researchers in Boston recently documented the ravages of this incurable state…
Tags: BMJ journal, Boston, caregiver, cognitive, dementia
