Social support, caregiver burden, and life satisfaction in a sample of rural african american and white caregivers of older persons with dementia

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-269

  Kaufman, Allan V ^a   Kosberg, Jordan I ^a   Leeper, James D ^a   Tang, Maggie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Caregivers; Dementia; Life satisfaction; Rural; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77951181470     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634370903478989     Document Type: Article

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