Informal Caregiving in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): A High Caregiver Burden and Drastic Consequences on Caregivers’ Lives

Informal Caregiving in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): A High Caregiver Burden and Drastic Consequences on Caregivers’ Lives

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that causes progressive autonomy loss and need for care. This does not only affect patients themselves, but also the patients’ informal caregivers (CGs) in their health, personal and professional lives. The big efforts of this...

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Main Authors: Pavel Schischlevskij, Isabell Cordts, René Günther, Benjamin Stolte, Daniel Zeller, Carsten Schröter, Ute Weyen, Martin Regensburger, Joachim Wolf, Ilka Schneider, Andreas Hermann, Moritz Metelmann, Zacharias Kohl, Ralf A. Linker, Jan Christoph Koch, Claudia Stendel, Lars H. Müschen, Alma Osmanovic, Camilla Binz, Thomas Klopstock, Johannes Dorst, Albert C. Ludolph, Matthias Boentert, Tim Hagenacker, Marcus Deschauer, Paul Lingor, Susanne Petri, Olivia Schreiber-Katz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Brain Sciences
Subjects:
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
informal caregiving
caregiver burden
functional status
decreasing autonomy
depression
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/6/748

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