Family carers of stroke survivors: Needs, knowledge, satisfaction and competence in caring

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-121

  Mackenzie, Ann ^a   Perry, Lin ^b   Lockhart, Elizabeth ^a   Cottee, Mark ^a   Cloud, Geoffrey ^a   Mann, Helen ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caring competence; Ethnicity; Family carers; Knowledge; Needs; Psychosocial; Satisfaction; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPETENCE; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33947261154     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280600731599     Document Type: Article

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