Reports of neuropsychiatric symptoms of older care recipients by their family members and their foreign home care workers: Results from triadic data

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-122

  Ayalon, Liat ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Globalization; Long term care; Neuropsychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HOME MENTAL HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RECIPIENT; SOCIAL WORKER ATTITUDE; VOLUNTARY REPORTING;

AGED; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77951945758     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988709355273     Document Type: Article

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