When home care ends - Changes in the physical health of informal caregivers caring for dementia patients: A longitudinal study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 843-849

  Gräsel, Elmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dementia; Family caregiving; Former care givers; Health service utilization; Health variables

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DRUG USE; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; STOMACH DISEASE; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036257224     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50209.x     Document Type: Article

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