Predictors of Change in Caregiver Burden and Depressive Symptoms Following Nursing Home Admission

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 385-396

  Gaugler, Joseph E ^a   Mittelman, Mary S ^b   Hepburn, Kenneth ^c   Newcomer, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; caregiving; institutionalization; long term care; nursing home entry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 66549118052     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016052     Document Type: Article

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