Does caring for a spouse with dementia promote cognitive decline? A hypothesis and proposed mechanisms

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 900-908

  Vitaliano, Peter P ^a,b   Murphy, Michael ^b   Young, Heather M ^c   Echeverria, Diana ^d   Borson, Soo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiving; cognitive decline; dementia; depression; physiology

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HYDROCORTISONE; STRESS HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIET; EXERCISE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; INFLAMMATION; LONELINESS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPOUSE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 79956021303     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03368.x     Document Type: Article

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