@article {7303,
	title = {Caregiving behavior is associated with decreased mortality risk.},
	journal = {Psychol Sci},
	volume = {20},
	year = {2009},
	month = {2009 Apr},
	pages = {488-94},
	publisher = {20},
	abstract = {<p>Traditional investigations of caregiving link it to increased caregiver morbidity and mortality, but do not disentangle the effects of providing care from those of being continuously exposed to an ailing loved one with serious health problems. We explored this possible confound in a national, longitudinal survey of elderly married individuals (N= 3,376). Results showed that spending at least 14 hr per week providing care to a spouse predicted decreased mortality for the caregiver, independently of behavioral and cognitive limitations of the care recipient (spouse), and of other demographic and health variables. These findings suggest that it may be premature to conclude that health risks for caregivers are due to providing active help. Indeed, under some circumstances, caregivers may actually benefit from providing care.</p>},
	keywords = {Altruism, Caregivers, Humans, Mortality},
	issn = {1467-9280},
	doi = {10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02323.x},
	url = {http://pss.sagepub.com/content/20/4/4},
	author = {Stephanie Brown and Dylan M Smith and Schulz, Richard and Mohammed U Kabeto and Peter A. Ubel and Poulin, Michael and Yi, Jaehee and Kim, Catherine and Kenneth M. Langa}
}
@article {7030,
	title = {Health, wealth, and happiness: financial resources buffer subjective well-being after the onset of a disability.},
	journal = {Psychol Sci},
	volume = {16},
	year = {2005},
	month = {2005 Sep},
	pages = {663-6},
	publisher = {16},
	abstract = {<p>We examined the hypothesis that the relationship between financial status and subjective well-being, typically found to be very small in cross-sectional studies, is moderated by health status. Specifically, we predicted that wealth would buffer well-being after the onset of a disability. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, a longitudinal study of people at and approaching retirement age, we employed within-subjects analyses to test whether wealth measured prior to the onset of a disability protected participants{\textquoteright} well-being from some of the negative effects of a new disability. We found support for this hypothesis: Participants who were above the median in total net worth reported a much smaller decline in well-being after a new disability than did participants who were below the median. We also found some evidence that the buffering effect of wealth faded with time, as below-median participants recovered some of their well-being.</p>},
	keywords = {Activities of Daily Living, Cross-Sectional Studies, Disability Evaluation, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Happiness, Health Status, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Quality of Life, Socioeconomic factors},
	issn = {0956-7976},
	doi = {10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01592.x},
	author = {Dylan M Smith and Kenneth M. Langa and Mohammed U Kabeto and Peter A. Ubel}
}
