Exploring strain in community and nursing home family caregivers

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 371-392

  Bowman, Karen F ^b   Mukherjee, Snigdha ^a   Fortinsky, Richard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY LIFE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING HOME; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0031877743     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073346489801700306     Document Type: Article

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