Dimensions of informal care and quality of life among elderly family caregivers

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-248

  Ekwall, Anna ^a   Sivberg, Bengt ^a   Hallberg, Ingalill Rahm ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Institute for Health Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gender; Informal caregiver; Nursing; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COOPERATION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; HOME CARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 16544364159     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2004.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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