Longitudinal changes in disabled husbands' and wives' receipt of care

Gerontologist

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 681-693

  Noël Miller, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Care receipt; Disability; Gender; Longitudinal; Spouses

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957164847     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq028     Document Type: Article

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