Family medical leave as a resilience resource for family caregivers

Care Management Journals

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-13

  Swanke, Jayme ^a   Zeman, Laura Dreuth ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case management resource; Family caregivers; Family medical leave; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; FAMILY LEAVE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL LEAVE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; CAREGIVERS; CASE MANAGEMENT; FAMILY LEAVE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; SICK LEAVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63749097080     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1521-0987.10.1.8     Document Type: Article

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