What quality paid home care means to family caregivers

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-192

  Piercy, Kathleen W ^a   Dunkley, Gregory J ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Intermountain Hospital

Author keywords

Caregiver stress; Formal care; Home care; Informal care; Long term care policy

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MONITORING; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS;

EID: 3543070573     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464804267972     Document Type: Article

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