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Financial Strain Rated Biggest Hit to Carer Quality of Life

MHD card showing a dusk window with a balance beam tipping toward a large glowing money block beside smaller health, loneliness and support blocks, and a carer's hands around a warm cup, illustrating an Australian survey that rated financial strain the biggest hit to carer quality of life.

Financial burden was the carer problem that most lowered quality of life when 771 Australian adults weighed caregiving situations against years of life. Their choices built the first scoring system for COCOON, a new quality-of-life measure for people caring for someone with dementia.1 Research Highlights Money strain counted most: “always” feeling a financial burden took …

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