Caregiving appraisal and interventions based on the progressively lowered stress threshold model

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 110-120

  Stolley, Jacqueline M ^a   Reed, David ^b   Buckwalter, K C ^b  

^a Trinity College of Nursing   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Burden; Caregiving; Impact; Mastery; PLST model; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGRESSIVELY LOWERED STRESS THRESHOLD MODEL; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; TIME; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036317089     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331750201700211     Document Type: Article

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