Disagreement in preference for residential care between family caregivers and elders is greater among cognitively impaired elders group than cognitively intact elders group

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-54

  Chau, Pui Hing ^a   Kwok, Timothy ^b   Woo, Jean ^b   Chan, Felix ^a   Hui, Elsie ^c   Chan, Kam Che ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^c SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Cognitive impairment; Depression; Elders; Old age home; Residential care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BATH; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEEDING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL WELFARE; URINE INCONTINENCE; VIOLENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 75349105365     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2296     Document Type: Article

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