Financial conflicts facing late-life remarried Alzheimer's disease caregivers

Family Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 492-503

  Sherman, Carey Wexler ^a   Bauer, Jean W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiving; Dementia; Finances; Intergenerational relations; Remarriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949145218     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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