Expansion of elderly couples' IADL caregiver networks beyond the marital dyad

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-113

  Feld, Sheila ^a   Dunkle, Ruth E ^a   Schroepfer, Tracy ^b   Shen, Huei Wern ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAID; NEGRO; SPOUSE; THEORETICAL STUDY; CAREGIVER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELF HELP; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

SAMBUCUS NIGRA CANADENSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 34547100791     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/CW8G-PB6B-NCGH-HT1M     Document Type: Article

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