Coping strategies and caregiving outcomes among rural dementia caregivers

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 547-567

  Sun, Fei ^a   Kosberg, Jordan I ^b   Kaufman, Allan V ^b   Leeper, James D ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving outcomes; Coping strategies; Dementia caregivers; Rural caregivers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954845695     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2010.496823     Document Type: Article

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