Caregiving for elder relatives: Which caregivers experience personal benefits/gains?

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 238-245

  Koerner, Susan Silverberg ^a   Kenyon, DenYelle Baete ^a   Shirai, Yumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family caregivers; Informal care; Personality traits; Positive aspects of caregiving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; EMOTIONALITY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COHORT STUDIES; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58349112569     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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