Service use in family caregivers of persons with dementia in Belgium: Psychological and social factors

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-53

  Roelands, Marc ^a,b   Van Oost, Paulette ^a   Depoorter, Annemarie ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attitude; Coping; Dementia; Family caregivers; Living arrangement; Service use

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 37549036682     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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