Degree of disability and patterns of caregiving among older Americans with congestive heart failure

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-76

  Gure, Tanya Ruff ^a,b   Kabeto, Mohammed U ^b   Blaum, Caroline S ^a,b   Langa, Kenneth M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

CHF; Disability; Formal and informal caregiving

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37749006886     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0456-1     Document Type: Article

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