Quality of the relationship between elderly spouses: Influence on spouse caregivers' subjective effectiveness

Family Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-39

  Townsend, Aloen L ^a   Franks, Melissa M ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Family relationships; Older persons; Spouse caregivers; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030627382     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585604     Document Type: Article

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