Health Consequences of Alzheimer’s Caregiving Transitions: Effects of Placement and Bereavement
Igor Grant, MD,
Karen A. Adler, BS,
Thomas L. Patterson, PhD,
Joel E. Dimsdale, MD,
Michael G. Ziegler, MD and
Michael R. Irwin, MD
From the Departments of Psychiatry (I.G., K.A.A., T.L.P., J.E.D., M.R.I.) and Medicine (M.G.Z.), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California; San Diego State University (K.A.A.), San Diego, California; Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System (I.G., T.L.P., M.G.Z., M.R.I.), San Diego, California; and the UCSD Cancer Center (J.E.D.), San Diego, California.
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Fig. 1. Mean Hamilton depression scores at pretransitional, transitional, and posttransitional visits for CG whose spouses were at home at all three visits (HHH), CG who placed their patient at follow-up (HPP), CG who placed spouses with subsequent death of the spouse at follow-up (HPD), CG whose spouse died at home (HDD), and noncaregiving control subjects (C).
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Fig. 2. Mean number of severe medical symptoms at pretransitional, transitional, and posttransitional visits for CG whose spouses were at home at all three visits (HHH), CG who placed their patient at follow-up (HPP), CG who placed spouses with subsequent death of the spouse at follow-up (HPD), CG whose spouse died at home (HDD), and noncaregiving control subjects (C).
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Fig. 3. Mean standing systolic blood pressure at pretransitional, transitional, and posttransitional visits for CG whose spouses were at home at all three visits (HHH), CG who placed their patient at follow-up (HPP), CG who placed spouses with subsequent death of the spouse at follow-up (HPD), CG whose spouse died at home (HDD), and noncaregiving control subjects (C).
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