Potential and Active Family Caregivers: Changing Networks and the "Sandwich Generation"

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 347-374

  Spillman, Brenda C ^a   Pezzin, Liliana E ^b  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DATA COLLECTION; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033660641     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00177     Document Type: Article

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