The impact of incontinence on older spousal caregivers

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 607-616

  Cassells, Colin ^a   Watt, Elizabeth ^b  

^a Victorian Continence Resource Centre   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Incontinence; Nursing; Older people; Spousal caregiver

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INTIMACY; LOVE; MALE; MARRIAGE; NURSING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SLEEP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPOUSE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AUSTRALIA; FECES INCONTINENCE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; ROLE; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0042736612     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02664.x     Document Type: Article

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