University researcher confirms stress associated with assisting older parents

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2008-09-24

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Virginia Tech. University Relations

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Jyoti Savla, assistant professor of human development and gerontology in Virginia Tech's College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, has led a team of researchers that systematically studied diaries that examined the stresses of daily life in conjunction with helping an older parent. Results clearly suggest a downward trajectory of health and well-being among midlife adults helping an elderly parent.

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College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences

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