The impact of anticipatory grief on caregiver burden in Dementia caregivers

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 388-396

  Holley, Caitlin K ^a,b   Mast, Benjamin T ^b  

^a University of Louisville ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipatory mourning; Caregiver grief; Dementia caregiving

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATORY GRIEF; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 67149093527     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp061     Document Type: Article

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