Distress of caregivers of older adults receiving home care in european countries: Results from the AgeD in hOme care study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 899-906

  Onder, Graziano ^a,d   Finne Soveri, Harriet ^b   Soldato, Manuel ^a   Liperoti, Rosa ^a   Lattanzio, Fabrizia ^c   Bernabei, Roberto ^a   Landi, Francesco ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavior; Caregiver distress; Cognition; Depression; Disability; Home care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC CARE; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 70349694543     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181b4beef     Document Type: Article

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