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Greiner, Chieko

Developing a social capital scale for family caregivers of people with dementia

• There is a lack of social capital scale specialized for family caregivers of people with dementia. • We developed the new social capital scale for family caregivers of people with dementia. • The 17-scale was assessed for model fit, dimensionality, reliability and validity. • This social capital scale had sufficient reliability and evidence of validity.

Fri, 03/19/2021 - 11:05

Association between sleep, care burden, and related factors among family caregivers at home

Aim: Several studies have reported a negative correlation between depressive symptoms and family caregivers' (FCs) subjective sleep status. However, there is a paucity of information on the association between objective/subjective sleep status, care burden, and related factors.; Methods: Participants were 23 pairs of care receivers (CRs; Mage = 82.7 ± 8.5 years; 69.6% women) receiving long-term care at home and their FCs (Mage = 66.9 ± 11.0 years; 69.6% women).

Tue, 02/04/2020 - 15:21