Informal Care Can Be Better Than Adequate: Development and Evaluation of the Exemplary Care Scale

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 359-369

  Dooley, W Keith ^a   Shaffer, David R ^b   Lance, Charles E ^b   Williamson, Gail M ^b  

^a Department of Psychology

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiving; elder abuse and neglect; quality of informal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRIME; DISABLED PERSON; ELDERLY CARE; EXEMPLARY CARE SCALE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEGLECT; PATIENT CARE; RATING SCALE;

EID: 37649016749     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0090-5550.52.4.359     Document Type: Article

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