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There has been a burgeoning interest in caregiving with multiple reviews and meta-analyses having been published over the past 20 years (e.g., Li, & Loke, 2013b; Pinquart & Sörensen, 2003, 2007). Although the caregiving role is usually undertaken willingly and many caregivers find the caregiving experience rewarding and manage to cope with the stress and practical demands, it is often at the expense of their own health and well-being. Caregivers are appropriately called the “invisible second” or “hidden” patients (Brodaty & Donkin, 2009) with “hidden morbidities” (Braun, Mikulincer, Rydall, Walsh, & Rodin, 2007).
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© 2016 Tracey A. Revenson, Konstadina Griva, Aleksandra Luszczynska, Val Morrison, Efharis Panagopoulou, Noa Vilchinsky and Mariët Hagedoorn
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Revenson, T.A. et al. (2016). Caregiving Outcomes. In: Caregiving in the Illness Context. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137558985_2
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