A measure of subjective burden for dementia care: The Caregiving Difficulty Scale - Intellectual Disability

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 365-371

  McCallion, Philip ^a   McCarron, M ^b   Force, L T ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Mount St Mary's College Newburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's dementia; Caregiving; Carers; Measurement; Staff; Subjective burden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVING DIFFICULTY SCALE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; CAREGIVING HASSLES SCALE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; IRELAND; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; STAFF; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 17444374962     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2005.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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