The amount of informal and formal care among non-demented and demented elderly persons - Results from a Swedish population-based study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 862-871

  Nordberg, Gunilla ^a,b,c   von Strauss, E ^a,b,c   Kareholt I ^a,b,d   Johansson, L ^e   Wimo, A ^a,b,c,f  

^a AGING RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^f HC Bergsjo   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disese; Dementia; Elderly; Formal care; Informal care; Population based; RUD; Rural; The Kungsholmen Nordanstig Project

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SENILE DEMENTIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SWEDEN;

EID: 25444474972     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1371     Document Type: Article

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