Predictors of Complicated Grief Among Dementia Caregivers: A Prospective Study of Bereavement

This study identifies predictors of complicated grief for which interventions could be developed to not only ease caregiver distress, but also serve as preventive interventions for bereavement. Reducing the burden of active caregiving, treating depression before the death of the loved one and providing supportive psychosocial and skills training caregiver interventions can prevent the emergence of postdeath psychiatric morbidity.