The psychological and physical health of family members caring for an elderly person with dementia

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 61-70

  Baumgarten, Mona ^a,b   Battista, Renaldo N ^b   Infante Rivard, Claire ^b   Hanley, James A ^b   Becker, Rubin ^b   Gauthier, Serge ^b  

^a St Justine Hospital   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community care; DementiaCaregivers; Depression; Family; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SPOUSE; STRESS;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HOME NURSING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026599038     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(92)90189-T     Document Type: Article

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