Trajectories of caregiving time provided by wives to their husbands with dementia

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-136

  Taylor Jr , Donald H ^a   Kuchibhatla, Maragatha ^a,b   Østbye, Truls ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden of Alzheimer disease dementia; Informal caregiving; Longitudinal methods

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPOUSE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 46249112485     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e31815bebba     Document Type: Article

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