Mental and physical frailty in older people: the costs and benefits of informal care

Ageing and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 317-354

  Bamford, Claire ^a   Gregson, Barbara ^a   Farrow, Graham ^a   Buck, Debbie ^a   Dowswell, Therese ^a   McNamee, Paul ^a   Bond, John ^a   Wright, Ken ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032427665     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x98006977     Document Type: Article

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