Impact of home based long term care on informal carers

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 618-620

  Ranmuthugala, Geetha ^a   Nepal, Binod ^a   Brown, Laurie ^a   Percival, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69849083418     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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