Parents of mentally ill adult children living at home: Rewards of caregiving

Health and Social Work

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-154

  Schwartz, Chaya ^a   Gidron, Ronit ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NESS ZIONA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiving; Mental illness; Parents; Rewards

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY SIZE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SATISFACTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0036559216     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/27.2.145     Document Type: Article

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