Life worth living for caregiving and caregiver burden among Japanese caregivers of the disabled elderly in Japan

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-13

  Okamoto, Kazushi ^a   Momose, Yumiko ^a   Fujino, Ayumi ^a   Osawa, Yukari ^a  

^a Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing and Health   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Caregivers of disabled elderly; Community based care; Life worth living

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DISABLED PERSON; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAREGIVERS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 56949107219     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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