The effects of incident and persistent behavioral problems on change in caregiver burden and nursing home admission of persons with dementia

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 875-883

  Gaugler, Joseph E ^a,b   Wall, Melanie M ^c   Kane, Robert L ^b,c   Menk, Jeremiah S ^c   Sarsour, Khaled ^d   Johnston, Joseph A ^d   Beusching, Don ^d   Newcomer, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; caregiver stress; dementia; institutionalization; nursing home placement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BURNOUT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957260023     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181ec557b     Document Type: Article

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