Gender differences in the community service use attitudes of older spousal caregiver-care recipient couples

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-20

  Zodikoff, Bradley D ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attitudes; Attitudes toward service use; Caregiving; Community services; Family caregiving; Gender; Gerontology; Home care; Older adults; Service use; Spousal caregiving; Spouses

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 34249889850     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v26n02_01     Document Type: Article

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