Caregiver burden, dementia, and elder abuse in South Korea

Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-74

  Lee, Minhong ^a   Kolomer, Stacey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving burden; Dementia; Elder abuse; Family caregivers; Korean elders

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645000738     PISSN: 08946566     EISSN: 15404129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J084v17n01_04     Document Type: Article

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