Clinical diagnoses and disability of cognitively impaired older persons as predictors of stress in their carers

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1019-1028

  Cullen, John S ^a   Grayson, David A ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^b  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Carers; Cognitive impairment; Diagnoses; Disability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; STRESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030691804     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199710)12:10<1019::AID-GPS677>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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