Caregiver Emotional Wellbeing Is Related to Nursing Home Admissions Among Veterans
Our study demonstrates that Veterans were more likely to transition from home-based care to facility-based care within 3 years if their caregivers reported higher rates of burden, depression, and loneliness at baseline. These findings illuminate the importance of support services that improve caregiver emotional wellbeing.
Authors
- Jeanie Lo
- Courtney H. Van Houtven (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0783-1611)
- Anushka Pai
- Nadya T. Majette (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3901-0172)
- Katherine E. M. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6726-2369)
- Josephine Jacobs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0366-2985)
- Megan E. Shepherd‐Banigan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4020-8936)
- Imari Z. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5969-0252)
- Timothy Jobin
- Zhen Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6418-9485)
- Pujan R. Patel
- Melissa L. Gersten‐Harris
Institutions
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Palo Alto University (US)
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- VA New England Healthcare System (US)
- Durham VA Health Care System (US)
- Duke Institute for Health Innovation (US)
- Duke University Health System (US)
- Department of Veterans Affairs (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2025-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70087
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00