title: The role of grief in dementia caregiving.
abstract: The literature examining issues of caregiver stress, burden,or depression has focused on the stress-process model of caregiving, which posits that there are characteristics inherent in dementia and in the course of caregiving for a person with dementia that can cause stress in the caregiver's life. A more recent literature has emerged that argues that issues of loss and grief play a significant role ina caregiver's ability to cope with the stressors of caregiving. This article reviews the caregiver stress and grief literatures,and proposes a conceptual model of dementia caregiving that outlines pathways of stress and grief in dementia caregiving. Issues specific to caregiver grief are proposed for future research and intervention design.
authors.affiliation: George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84148, USA.briggb@alum.dartmouth.org
authors.forename: Brigg B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Noyes
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Bret L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Hicken
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luptak
authors.forename: Randall
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rupper
authors.forename: Nancy K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Dailey
authors.forename: Byron D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Bair
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003704:Dementia / Q000628:therapy*; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology