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American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias®, Vol. 6, No. 5, 16-26 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/153331759100600504

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A statewide study of family caregivers

Lynn R. Friss, MSW

Research and Information Programs, Family Survival Project, San Francisco, California

Carol J. Whitlatch, MS

Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania

This paper presents a profile of 1,337 caregivers of brain impaired adults in California. The findings are based on the first statewide descriptive study of caregivers and patients across diagnostic categories of brain impairment. Regardless of the type of patient brain impairment, caregivers were found to have similarly high levels of depression, burden, and fair to poor physical health. Implications for long term care policy and service development are discussed.


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