Activities of daily living
Assessment of functional disability among a group of slum-dwelling elderly women in Kolkata, West Bengal
By: ANUSHKA GHOSH, SUSMITA MUKHOPADHYAY – The world population has been greying rapidly over the decades that increases the proportion of individuals with deteriorating functional health. It poses greater old-age dependency; and affect quality of life and overall well-being of elderly people. With this backdrop, the present study attempts to understand the burden of aging…
Family Caregiving in Dementia: Caregivers’ Mental Health and Nature of Caregiving
Activities of daily living, Anxiety, Dementia caregiver, Depression, factors of caregiving, India, mental health traits, StressBy: IPSITA BASU, SUSMITA MUKHOPADHYAY, NILANJANA MAULIK – Family caregivers are the main lifeline of a person with dementia. In India, research on caregivers’ health is rarely attempted. Present study aims to examine the relationship between selected mental health traits of family caregivers and the duration and level of caregiving focused their care recipients. A…