Preparedness for taking care of elderly parents: "First, you get ready to cry"

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 99-113

  Ziemba, Rosemary A ^b   Lynch Sauer, Judith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult daughters; Grief; Losses of aging; Parent care; Preparedness for family caregiving; Role reversal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23244449474     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v17n01_08     Document Type: Review

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