Caregivers' unmet needs for support in caring for functionally impaired elderly persons: A community sample

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 412-429

  Anderson, Roger T ^b   Bradham, Douglas D ^c   Jackson, Sharon ^b   Heuser, Mark D ^c   Wofford, James L ^b   Colombo, Kelly A ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORTH CAROLINA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0034320202     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0776     Document Type: Article

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