Cognition in informal caregivers: evidence from an English population study.
The relationship between caregiving and cognition remains unclear. We investigate this association comparing four cognitive tasks and exploring the role of potential explanatory pathways such as healthy behaviours (healthy caregiver hypothesis) and depression (stress process model). Respondents were...
| Published in: | Aging & Mental Health Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 507 - 519 |
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Mar2022
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