Using the life course perspective to study the entry into the illness trajectory: The perspective of caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1501-1508

  Carpentier, Normand ^a   Bernard, Paul ^b   Grenier, Amanda ^c   Guberman, Nancy ^d  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Canada; Caregivers; Life course perspective; Recognition processes; Sequence analysis; Social networks

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SYMPTOM;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; INTERVIEW; MALE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77951652386     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.12.038     Document Type: Article

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