Canadian Alzheimer's disease caregiver survey: Baby-boomer caregivers and burden of care

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 807-813

  Black, Sandra E ^a   Gauthier, Serge ^b   Dalziel, William ^c   Keren, Ron ^d   Correia, Jane ^e   Hew, Huong ^e   Binder, Carin ^e  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e Janssen Ortho Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Canada; Caregiver burden; Dementia; Quality of life; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABY BOOMER; CANADA; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HELPLESSNESS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77955390718     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2421     Document Type: Article

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