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COMPASSION FATIGUE IN AGING CAREGIVERS: THE ROLE OF EXERCISE

Featuring Dr. Janelle BeadleUNO Department of Gerontology

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April 1, 2016 | 12:00 - 1:30 pm | 112 HPER

ABOUT DR. BEADLEDr.JanelleBeadlereceivedaB.A.inPsychologyfromtheUniversityofNotreDame.ShethencompletedaPh.D.inNeuroscienceattheUniversityofIowa.FollowingherPh.D.,shecompletedpostdoctoralfellowshipsatBrandeisUniversityandtheUniversityofIowa.Duringthistime,shealsoparticipatedinateachingfellowshipatAugustanaCollege.

Janelleinvestigatesthebrainbasisofsocialcognitionandperceptioninhealthyaging,aging-relateddisease,andpatientswithbraindamage.Inparticular,sheisinterestedinhowbrainchangeswithageaffectourabilitytoempathizewithothers.

ABSTRACTManyolderadultsfindthemselvesintheroleofacaregivertoafamilymemberlaterinlife.Caregiversoftenexperiencecompassionfatigue,oradecreasedabilitytofeelsympathyforthepatient.Oldercaregiversmaybeatevengreaterriskofdevelopingcompassionfatiguethanyoungeradultsbecausetheyshowreductionsinempathyandchangestothebraincircuitinvolvedinempathy.Exerciseinterventionshavebeenproposedasawaytoreducestressincaregiverswithcompassionfatigue.Byreducingstresslevels,caregivershaveadditionalreservethatcanbeusedtoempathizewiththeirpatientsandattendtotheirneeds.Myresearchinvestigatesthepsychological,behavioral,andneuralcorrelatesofempathychangesinagingandthedevelopmentofcompassionfatigue.Thegoalofmyresearchistocharacterizethebrainandbehavioralmechanismsbywhicholderadultsexperiencecompassionfatigueinordertodevelopinterventionsthatwillreducecaregiverburden.Iusebehavioralexperiments,questionnairemeasures,neuropsychologicaltesting,hormoneassays,andneuroimagingmeasurestoinvestigatethisquestion.Ultimately,characterizingcompassionfatigueinoldercaregiverswillserveasastartingpointtodeveloptargetedinterventionstodecreasecompassionfatigueandimprovepatientoutcomes.

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