Components of burden: Interventive implications

Gerontologist

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 236-242

  Kosberg, Jordan I ^a   Cairl, Richard E ^b   Keller, Donald M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden components; Caregiving stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025103010     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/30.2.236     Document Type: Article

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