Dementia caregiving in spousal relationships: A dyadic perspective

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 426-436

  Braun, Melanie ^a   Scholz, Urte ^a   Bailey, Barbara ^b   Perren, Sonja ^a   Hornung, Rainer ^a   Martin, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dementia care; Dyadic perspective; Spousal caregiving

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MARRIAGE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67949115762     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860902879441     Document Type: Article

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