Marital satisfaction and resilience in caregivers of spouses with dementia

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-180

  Fitzpatrick, Kathryn E ^a   Vacha Haase, Tammi ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Caregiver spouse; Marital satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953565602     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317111003776547     Document Type: Article

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