Increased caregiver burden associated with hearing impairment but not vision impairment in disabled community-dwelling older people in Japan

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 357-358

  Kuzuya, Masafumi ^a   Hirakawa, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DISABLED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; JAPAN; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 58849134885     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02116.x     Document Type: Letter

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