Caring for a person wih dementia: Exploring relationships between perceived burden, depression, coping and well-being

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-91

  McConaghy, Ronelle ^a   Caltabiano, Marie Louise ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Coping; Dementia; Depression; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATISFACTION; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPITE CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPITE CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 20944444924     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2005.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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