Caring for a relative with dementia: Family caregiver burden

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 446-457

  Papastavrou, Evridiki ^a   Kalokerinou, Athena ^b   Papacostas, Savvas S ^c,d   Tsangari, Haritini ^e   Sourtzi, Panagiota ^b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e INTERCOLLEGE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Coping; Dementia; Empirical research report; Family carers; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYPRUS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYPRUS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34249083802     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04250.x     Document Type: Article

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