Caregivers - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Healing during existential moments: the "art" of nursing presence.

29 Nov 2009 This article addresses nursing presence, a phenomenon essential to holistic nursing care. The concept is introduced and explained, supporting background information is reviewed, barriers are identified, and successful applications are illustrated in ... Read more...

Comparison of patient and caregiver reports of patient activity participation and its relationship to mental health in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

3 Oct 2009 The relationship between engagement in pleasant activities as rated by the patient and as rated by the caregiver from the patient's perspective was examined using structural equation modeling in a sample of patients (N = 277) diagnosed with mild to ... Read more...

Surviving critical illness: acute respiratory distress syndrome as experienced by patients and their caregivers.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To characterize the effects of critical illness in the daily lives and functioning of acute respiratory distress syndrome survivors. Survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome, a systemic critical illness, often report poor quality ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Caregivers - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Healing during existential moments: the "art" of nursing presence. 29 Nov 2009
• Use of multiperspective qualitative interviews to understand patients' and carers' beliefs, experiences, and needs. 12 Oct 2009
• Comparison of patient and caregiver reports of patient activity participation and its relationship to mental health in patients with Alzheimer's disease. 3 Oct 2009
• Surviving critical illness: acute respiratory distress syndrome as experienced by patients and their caregivers. 29 Sep 2009
• Examining the social context in the caregiving experience: correlates of global self-esteem among adult daughter caregivers to an older parent with cancer. 29 Sep 2009
• Associations between psychological distress, learning, and memory in spouse caregivers of older adults. 15 Sep 2009
• Family psychosocial risk, distress, and service utilization in pediatric cancer: predictive validity of the Psychosocial Assessment Tool. 13 Sep 2009
• Intrapersonal and interpersonal consequences of protective buffering among cancer patients and caregivers. 13 Sep 2009
• Cardiology Patient Page. Coping with my partner's ICD and cardiac disease. 6 Sep 2009
• Spinal cord management. Looking into attitude and knowledge of caregivers and patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Caring for a sibling with anorexia nervosa: a qualitative study. 30 Aug 2009
• Appraisal of caregiving burden, expressed emotion and psychological distress in families of people with eating disorders: a systematic review. 30 Aug 2009
• Hope in early-stage dementia: a concept analysis. 30 Aug 2009
• Stroke caregivers share ABCs of caring. 30 Aug 2009
• Providing care for an elderly parent: interactions among siblings? 30 Aug 2009
• Caring for mom and neglecting yourself? The health effects of caring for an elderly parent. 30 Aug 2009
• Psychometric evaluation of the Health Information Orientation Scale: a brief measure for assessing health information engagement and apprehension. 30 Aug 2009
• [An experience of psychological support at home for aged and dependent people and their families. Assesment of the PsyAdom programme] 30 Aug 2009
• [Information and communication technology interventions supporting carers of people with Alzheimer's disease: a literature review] 30 Aug 2009
• [Psychology and neuropsychiatry of aging] 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Caregivers'

Definition: Persons who provide care to those who need supervision or assistance in illness or disability. They may provide the care in the home, in a hospital, or in an institution. Although caregivers include trained medical, nursing, and other health personnel, the concept also refers to parents, spouses, or other family members, friends, members of the clergy, teachers, social workers, fellow patients, etc.

Descriptor UI: D017028

Alternative terms: Caregivers; Caregiver; Care Givers; Care Giver; Spouse Caregivers; Caregiver, Spouse; Caregivers, Spouse; Spouse Caregiver; Family Caregivers; Caregiver, Family; Caregivers, Family; Family Caregiver;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; education; psychology;

Tree Number: M01.085; M01.526.485.200; N02.360.200;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified: prefer specific caregiver as NURSES; PHYSICIANS; etc.; IM; coord with specific field if pertinent (IM): "the teacher as caregiver" = CAREGIVERS (IM) + TEACHING (IM)