One in Three Family Caregivers for Alzheimer Disease Patients Has Depression
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — One-third of family caregivers for individuals with Alzheimer disease (AD) experience increasing depressive symptoms over five years, according to a study published online Sept. 4 in Clinical Gerontologist….
Learn MoreCómo ‘This Is Us’ enfocó la atención en los cuidados para el Alzheimer
JUEVES, 1 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Cuando el inmensamente popular programa de televisión “This Is Us” emitió su última temporada este año, lo hizo con una trama que mostraba a uno de los personajes principales afrontando la enfermedad…
Learn MoreCómo ‘This Is Us’ enfocó la atención en los cuidados para el Alzheimer
JUEVES, 1 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Cuando el inmensamente popular programa de televisión “This Is Us” emitió su última temporada este año, lo hizo con una trama que mostraba a uno de los personajes principales afrontando la enfermedad…
Learn MoreHow ‘This Is Us’ Put Alzheimer’s Care in the Spotlight
THURSDAY, Sept. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — When the wildly popular TV show “This Is Us” wrapped up its final season this year, it did so with a storyline that showed one of the lead characters dealing with Alzheimer’s disease as her adult children di…
Learn MoreAlzheimer’s: Who Is Caring for the Caregivers?
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Katherine Sanden drove over 1,400 miles, from California to Nebraska, to care for her beloved uncle after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in November 2020, but seeing him after years apart was more devastat…
Learn MoreAlzheimer’s: Who Is Caring for the Caregivers?
MONDAY, Aug. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Katherine Sanden drove over 1,400 miles, from California to Nebraska, to care for her beloved uncle after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in November 2020, but seeing him after years apart was more devastat…
Learn MoreA los hogares de ancianos de EE. UU. les falta personal, y es peor en las comunidades minoritarias
LUNES, 15 de agosto de 2022 (HealthDay News) — La escasez de personal en los hogares de ancianos de todo Estados Unidos es grave en las áreas marginadas donde la necesidad quizá sea mayor, señalan unos investigadores. El estudio, que se publicó en un…
Learn MoreU.S. Nursing Homes Are Understaffed, But Minority Communities Have It Worst
MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Staffing shortages at nursing homes across the United States are severe in disadvantaged areas where needs may be greatest, researchers say.The study — recently published in the Journal of the American Geriatr…
Learn MoreCaregivers of Multiple Myeloma Patients Face Mental Health Issues
TUESDAY, Aug. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Many caregivers of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) report mental health challenges, according to a study published online July 18 in Blood Advances.Elizabeth K. O’Donnell, M.D., from the Massachusetts Gene…
Learn MorePoll Finds Many Diabetes Caregivers Exhausted, Lacking Support
TUESDAY, July 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Diane Kondyra knows a lot about the hidden dangers of diabetes.Both she and her husband have been diagnosed with the blood sugar disease, and her husband suffered one of its devastating complications in 2018 w…
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