Caregivers serving as confidants: relationship correlates and well-being by care-recipients’ dementia status
Caregivers of older adults with dementia tend to also be a confidant, but serving these multiple roles is only associated with positive psychological well-being for those caring for older adults without dementia. We call for more research to better understand the unique stressors that caregivers experience when serving as confidants for older adults with dementia.
Authors
- Sarah Patterson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5040-7576)
- Yongxin Shang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7343-8132)
- Meng Huo
- Fei Wang
Institutions
- Cornell University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Knoxville College (US)
- New York State College of Agriculture & Life Sciences (US)
- Policy Analysis (United States) (US)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journals of Gerontology Series B
- Published
- 2025-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf273
- Primary Topic
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00