Family caregiving in dementia: Prediction of caregiver burden 12 months after relocation to group-living care

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-146

  Elmståhl, Sölve ^a,b   Ingvad, Bengt ^a   Annerstedt, Lena ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISORIENTATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HALLUCINATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SPOUSE; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GROUP HOMES; HOME NURSING; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031878503     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610298005249     Document Type: Article

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