Kahle-Wrobleski, K.

Objectives: This study aimed to describe the baseline characteristics of informal carers of community-living Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients by AD severity group and to identify factors associated with two measures of caregiver burden.

Design and setting: GERAS is a prospective observational study in France, Germany, and the UK, designed to assess costs and resource use associated with AD, for patients and their caregivers, stratified by disease severity.

Participants: 1497 community-dwelling AD patients and their primary caregivers.