Family caregiving to those with dementia in rural Alabama: Racial similarities and differences

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-21

  Kosberg, Jordan I ^a   Kaufman, Allan V ^a   Burgio, Louis D ^a   Leeper, James D ^a   Sun, Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia care recipients; Family caregiving; Rural populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALABAMA; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33845973348     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264306293604     Document Type: Article

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