Care Burden and Mental Ill Health in Spouses of People With Parkinson Disease Dementia and Lewy Body Dementia.
Sheree A McCormickEmma StanmoreLinda ClareKathryn R McDonaldSheree A McCormickIracema LeroiPublished in: Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology (2019)
Both PDD and DLB significantly contribute to poorer mental health and higher levels of care burden in spouses. Clinicians should actively screen the risk of burden, stress, depression, and anxiety among caregiving spouses of people with these conditions.