P1‐252: How do neuropsychiatric symptoms in persons with dementia affect caregiver physical and mental health over time? the cache county dementia progression study

Providing care to persons with dementia (PWD) is associated with feelings of reward, but also burden. Caregivers describe dementia care-recipient neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) as being particularly stressful. Since informal caregiving represents a major source of dementia care, strategies maintaining caregiver health are valuable. We examined the association between NPS in dementia and caregiver health over time in a population-based sample of...