Men caring for wives or partners with dementia: Masculinity, strain and gain

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-327

  Baker, Kevin L ^a,b   Robertson, Noelle ^a   Connelly, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burden; Dementia care; Male caregiver; Masculinity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 77952111905     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860903228788     Document Type: Article

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