Factors of caregiver isolation in a rural midwest area

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 13-24

  Reed, David M ^a   Weicherding, Mary ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b St Francis Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Family caregivers; Isolation; Obligation; Respite; Responsibility; Values

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INDIANA; INTERVIEWS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSPORTATION; VETERANS;

EID: 0032619680     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v17n04_02     Document Type: Article

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