Caring for elderly people at home: The consequences to caregivers

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1101-1105

  Grunfeld, Eva ^a,b   Glossop, Robert ^c   McDowell, Ian ^d   Danbrook, Catherine ^e  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Vanier Institute of the Family   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0030736033     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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