Friday, 4 October 2013

Remarriages add complexity to dementia caregiving

By Kathleen Raven NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Negative relations with stepchildren can compound the burdens a wife feels while caring for her husband with Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, a new study suggests. "We learned from women in the study that those with higher levels of care-related disagreements with stepfamily members felt a significantly greater burden and feelings of depression related to care," said lead author Carey Wexler Sherman of the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research in Ann Arbor. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News Read More Here..

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