Caregiver psychological characteristics predict discontinuation of care for disabled elderly at home

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1110-1114

  Okamoto, K ^a   Hasebe, Y ^b   Harasawa, Y ^c  

^a Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing and Health   (Japan)

^b Department of Health Sciences   (Japan)

^c Department of Gerontological Nursing   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Caregiver burden; Community based long term care; Disabled elderly; Discontinuation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 36248998186     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1796     Document Type: Article

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