Concepts of burden in giving care to older relatives: A study of female caregivers in a Mexico City neighborhood

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-282

  Mendez Luck, Carolyn A ^a,b   Kennedy, David P ^c   Wallace, Steven P ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Caregiver burden; Informal caregiving; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 49349103894     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-008-9058-6     Document Type: Article

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