Mental status of the elderly receiving home health services and the associated stress of home helpers

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-63

  Nagatomo, Itsugi ^a   Takigawa, Morikuni ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abnormal behavior; ADL; Burnout; Depressive state; Elderly; Home helper; Intellectual level

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BURNOUT; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; RATING SCALE; SPOUSE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031963367     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199801)13:1<57::AID-GPS735>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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