MS CAREGIVERS - Caregiver stress and the unique needs of those who love and care about people with MS is a topic of interest for professionals in the world of MS care. Such concerns cross geographic, cultural, socio-economic, and religious borders. Project Leader, Dr Miriam Franco, is spearheading our effort to bring you relevant information via this dedicated section which is part of our Web Sight series. We welcome your input and feedback. If you’ve participated in a program serving caregivers, we’d love to hear about that too.

Article/s

• Caregiver Stress/Burden: Three Commonly Used Assessment Inventories in MS Studies
  Miriam Franco, MSW, PsyD, MSCS

Multimedia

• Caring for the Caregiver in Multiple Sclerosis
  Jennifer Rodgers, Ph.D., C.Psych. University of Alberta Hospital Edmonton, AB
• The Value of Relaxation and Guided Imagery for MS Patients and Caregivers/Carepartners
  Miriam Franco, MSW, PsyD, MSCS
• Caring for Caregivers
  Jennifer Rodgers, Ph.D., C.Psych
• Caregiver Burden
  Mary Elizabeth Quig, PhD; Carol Saunders, BSN, MSCN

Publications

MS Exchange Issue - August 2005

• Empowering Family Caregivers (page 10)
• The Caregiver Experience: The MS Patient’s Perspective (page 10)

Book Reviews

• The Comfort of Home 3rd Edition
  A Complete Guide for Caregivers
  Maria M.Meyer with Paula Derr, RN

• The Comfort of Home, 2nd Ed
  An Illustrated Step-by-Step Guide for Caregivers
  Maria M. Meyer with Paula Derr, RN

• Love, Honor, & Value
  A Family Caregiver Speaks Out about the Choices & Challenges of Caregiving
  Suzanne Geffen Mintz

Abstracts

• Caregiver Strain: A By-Product Of Cognitive Deficit In People With Multiple Sclerosis?
  2009 Annual Meeting, Anita Rose, Clinical Psychologist
• Recruitment For Caregiver Education Research: Responses To Study Advertising
  2009 Annual Meeting, Marcia Finlayson, PhD, OTR/L
• What Is A Caregiver’s Role In Multiple Sclerosis?
  2009 Annual Meeting, Sandy Howell, RN-BC
• Caregiver and Gender in Multiple Sclerosis
  2009 Annual Meeting, Margarita Ruiz, MS
• Burden of Disease-Modifying Therapy Injection Administration for Multiple Sclerosis Caregivers
  2009 Annual Meeting, Kevin Smith, MA
• Comparison of MS Family Caregiver needs & Characteristic in Two Clinical Settings
  2006 Annual Meeting, Michele Merrick, RN
• The Family Caregiver Pilot Projects and a Strategy for Supporting Caregivers in the MS Society of Canada
  2006 Annual Meeting, Jon Temme, MA
• MS Caregivers Can Help Basic Science Researchers
  2004 Annual Meeting, Wallace W. Tourtellotte, MD, PhD, PhB

Date Created: September 16, 2009