Psychiatric home care of elderly persons with depression: Unmet caregiver needs

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 57-73

  Farran, C J ^a   Horton Deutsch, S L ^a   Loukissa, D ^a   Johnson, L ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HEALTH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHICAGO; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FOCUS GROUPS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031617101     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v16n04_04     Document Type: Article

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