Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia: The complex relationship between diagnosis and caregiver burden

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 376-384

  Yeager, Catherine A ^a,b   Hyer, Lee A ^c   Hobbs, Brian ^a   Coyne, Andrew C ^d  

^a Essex County Hospital Center   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT CHILD; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEW JERSEY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77952130917     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840903434589     Document Type: Article

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