Psychosocial Concerns Among Aging Family Carers

Mental Health, Intellectual Disabilities, and the Aging Process

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 179-195

  Mccallion, Philip ^a   Kolomer, Stacey R ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging persons; Financial management; Health care; Intellectual disabilities; Psychological issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949138307     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470776179.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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