Family caregivers and transition to long-term care

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-45

  Strang, Vicki R ^a   Koop, Priscilla M ^a   Dupuis Blanchard, Suzanne ^b   Nordstrom, Marlene ^c,e   Thompson, Betty ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^c Capital Health Edmonton   (Canada)

^d CapitalCare Edmonton   (Canada)

^e Capital Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dementia; Family caregivers; Long term care; Transition; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CAREGIVER; COOPERATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 31444452604     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: 15523799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773805282356     Document Type: Article

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