Caregiving: Predicting at-risk status

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-179

  Chappell, Neena L ^a   Dujela, Carren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Burden; Care demands; Life satisfaction; Perceived stress; Resilience

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROLE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 55549134983     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cja.27.2.169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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