Articles: caregivers.
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Over 55 million people reportedly suffer from dementia worldwide. In Japan, it is estimated that 1 in 5 people over 65 years old will have dementia by 2025, of which more than 20% will live with symptoms that require home/nursing care. ⋯ It is important to consider non-pharmacological interventions that contribute to effective coping strategies for mitigating the caregiver burden. Online communication tools may be a viable intervention measure to educate caregivers on the importance of sharing resilient coping strategies to reduce their stress so that they can continue to provide care for their loved ones.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Nov 2023
Clinical TrialSupportive Care for Dual Caregivers who Care for their Partner with Cancer and their Young Children.
Advanced cancer patients and their spouses who parent minor children report parenting concerns and increased psychological distress. This single-arm trial examined the feasibility and initial evidence for efficacy of a novel parent support program. ⋯ The initial testing of our parenting intervention yielded promising results regarding feasibility and an initial signal of intervention efficacy. Thus, a randomized controlled trial for further testing is warranted.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Nov 2023
Patient and caregiver reciprocal support: Impact on decision making in specialist palliative care.
Patients and informal caregivers in palliative care can reciprocate in supporting one another. However, how reciprocal support among patients and informal caregivers in palliative care impacts on their decision making for care is not well understood. ⋯ Patient and caregiver dyadic interventions in specialist palliative care involving decision making need to account for how obligation and choice manifest and function between the patient and caregiver.
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Pediatric emergency care · Nov 2023
High-Risk Markers and Infection Rates in Febrile Infants Aged 29 to 60 Days Presenting to an Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
There was an overall decline in pediatric emergency department visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Caregivers are educated to bring febrile neonates promptly to the emergency department; however, for infants aged 29 to 60 days, there may not be the same urgency especially during a pandemic. There may have been a resultant change in the clinical and laboratory high-risk markers and infection rates in this patient population during the pandemic. ⋯ This study demonstrates a significant increase in the rates of urinary tract infection and bacteremia in addition to the objective markers used to risk-stratify febrile infants aged 29 to 60 days. This supports the need for attentiveness in evaluating these febrile infants in the emergency department.