Related Experiment Video
Updated: Apr 24, 2026

Assessing Burrowing, Nest Construction, and Hoarding in Mice
Published on: January 5, 2012
Measurement and the interpretation of burden in the Alzheimer's disease experience
1University of Florida, USA.
Abstract:
Three components of the Alzheimer's disease care equation are considered : impairment, felt burden, and the institutionalization decision. Measurement and the results of existing studies are compared with field data on the descriptive organization of the caregiving experience. It is suggested that measurement is an inappropriate language for depicting the experience, empirically distorting what is otherwise a practical process of definition and interpretive transformation, shaped in, and constrained by, caregivers' continuing attention to the meaning of their burden.
Related Concept Videos
Alzheimer's Disease: Overview
The clinical diagnosis of AD hinges on the presence of memory and other cognitive impairments. Biomarkers, such as changes in Aβ...
Alzheimer Disease l: Introduction
Alzheimer Disease ll: Pathophysiology
Alzheimer's Disease: Treatment
Dementia l: Introduction

