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   Alzheimer's Caregivers May Be at Risk for Dementia    
      
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   May 13, 2011 -- Husbands and wives who care for a spouse with Alzheimer's   
   disease or another kind of dementia may face an increased risk of mental   
   decline themselves, a new research review shows.    
      
   "It is incredibly ironic, but also, it makes sense," says study researcher   
   Peter P. Vitaliano, PhD, an adjunct professor and director of the Stress and   
   Coping Project at the University of Washington, Seattle.    
      
   Spousal caregivers of dementia patients "have been married for, on average, 30   
   years in the studies," he says, "So there is all of that shared lifestyle. And   
   then on top of it, you have all the things that happen after you become a   
   caregiver."    
      
   The study is published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.    
      
   The burdens of caregiving include many things that have been shown to increase   
   the risk of cognitive decline, including chronic stress, social isolation,   
   depression, decreased physical activity, and a shift in eating habits toward   
   more fast food and    
   processed foods.    
      
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   SOURCES:    
   Vitaliano, P. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 2011.    
   Peter P. Vitaliano, PhD, adjunct professor, University of Washington, Seattle.    
   Leah Eskenazi, director of operations and planning, Family Caregiver Alliance,   
   San Francisco.    
   Baker, L. Archives of Neurology, 2010.    
   Norton, M.C. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May, 2010.    
   Kanel, R. Gerontology, online, January 2008.    
   Lee, S. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 2004.    
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