Quality of life among older grandparent caregivers: A pilot study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1475-1484

  Lo, Meihan ^a   Liu, Yi Hsiu ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAINAN INSTITUTE OF NURSING   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Geriatric Depression Scale; Gerontology; Grandparent; Nursing; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 66749144742     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05000.x     Document Type: Article

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