Abstract
Loneliness as a contributing factor in the development of depression in the caregiver of a patient with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been given little attention despite the fact that researchers have found a moderate to high correlation between loneliness and depression in persons other than caregivers for some time (1–2). However, recent studies strongly suggest loneliness as a significant predictor of depression for husbands and wives caring for their AD spouse in the same household (3–5). The purpose of this chapter is to discuss those findings.
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