Loneliness and depression in caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 779-806

  Beeson, Rose ^a,e   Horton Deutsch, Sara ^b   Farran, Carol ^c   Neundorfer, Marcia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; ROLE PLAYING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ROLE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0442313207     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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