Burden of informal carers of mentally infirm eldery in Lancashire

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 291-298

  Mafullul, Y M ^a  

^a Psychol Healthcare Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BODY BURDEN; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPPORT GROUP; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPITE CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036622649     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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