Caring for a parent with Alzheimer's disease: Process of daughter caregiver stress

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 792-803

  McCarty, Ellen F ^a  

^a SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MODEL; NUCLEAR FAMILY; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR FAMILY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030118354     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1996.tb00053.x     Document Type: Article

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