Small daily activities may help ease dementia caregivers' stress

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Nearly 12 million people in the U.S. provide unpaid care to a relative or friend with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). Compared with caregivers of people without dementia, ADRD caregivers face greater demands that may contribute to higher rates of depression, anxiety, sleep problems, reduced physical activity and chronic illness.