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- Title
Caregiving burden and psychiatric morbidity in spouses of persons with mild cognitive impairment.
- Authors
Garand, Linda; Dew, Mary Amanda; Eazor, Linda R; DeKosky, Steven T; Reynolds, Charles F, 3rd
- Abstract
While the deleterious psychosocial and mental health effects of dementia caregiving are firmly established, very little is known about the burdens or psychiatric outcomes of providing care to a spouse with less severe cognitive impairment, such as mild cognitive impairment (MCI). We characterized the nature and level of caregiver burden and psychiatric morbidity in spouses of persons diagnosed with MCI.
- Publication
International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 2005, Vol 20, Issue 6, p512
- ISSN
0885-6230
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1002/gps.1318