Impact of cognitive and physical impairment on carer burden and quality of life

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 267-273

  Tooth, Leigh ^a   Russell, Anne ^a   Lucke, Jayne ^a   Byrne, Gerard ^a   Lee, Christina ^a   Wilson, Andrew ^b   Dobson, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Carer burden; Cognition; Impairment; Physical impairment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 39149138469     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9300-7     Document Type: Article

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