Caregivers with poorer health are less likely to engage in an intervention to prepare for their own health care emergency.

Background and Objectives Preparation for an unexpected caregiver health event may improve outcomes for spouses with dementia. Using the patient activation framework, this study examined characteristics of spousal caregivers who did and did not accept an offer for an emergency preparedness toolkit (...

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Published in:	Gerontologist Vol. 66; no. 7; pp. 1 - 11
Main Authors:	Wain, Kris F, Daddato, Andrea E, Dollar, Blythe, Lagrotteria, James, Young, Heather M, Satake, Anna, Zeng, Chan, Boxer, Rebecca S
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Jul2026
Subjects:	Self-management (Psychology) Health status indicators Spouses Hospital care Health behavior Psychology of caregivers Senile dementia Emergency medical service equipment Medical care use T-test (Statistics) Research funding Scientific observation Questionnaires Multiple regression analysis Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Longitudinal method Burden of care Medical emergencies Electronic health records Conceptual structures Comparative studies Data analysis software Caregiver attitudes Dementia patients
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