Gender perspective on informal care for elderly people one year after acute stroke

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 479-485

  Gosman Hedström, Gunilla ^a   Claesson, Lisbeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Elderly; Everyday life; Gender; Informal care; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STROKE; ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HOME FOR THE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME NURSING; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 33744988411     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327415     Document Type: Article

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