Older people - Recipients but also providers of informal care: An analysis among community samples in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 548-553

  McGee, Hannah M ^a   Molloy, Gerard ^b   O'Hanlon, Ann ^a   Layte, Richard ^c   Hickey, Anne ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Care receiver; Caregiver; Carer; Informal care delivery; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CENSUSES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; NORTHERN IRELAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 51149110934     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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