Does home health care affect strain and depressive symptomatology for caregivers of impaired older adults?

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-48

  Schwarz, Karen A ^a   Blixen, Carol E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; NURSING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031058036     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327655jchn1401_4     Document Type: Article

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