The relationship between care-recipient behaviors and spousal caregiving stress

Gerontologist

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 318-327

  Ingersoll Dayton, Berit ^a   Raschick, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver stress; Gender differences; Spousal caregiving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; STRESS;

EID: 3042521338     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/44.3.318     Document Type: Review

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