Working and caregiving: A comparison of employed and unemployed caregivers of older heart failure patients

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-22

  Saunders, Mitzi M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Heart failure caregiving; Work and caregiving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75149128634     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HNP.0b013e3181c8e469     Document Type: Article

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