Process of ambivalent normalisation: Experience of family caregivers of elders with mild cognitive impairment in Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 23-24, 2010, Pages 3477-3484

  Kuo, Li Min ^a   Shyu, Yea Ing L ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Caregiving process; Mild cognitive impairment; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN;

EID: 78649589503     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03240.x     Document Type: Article

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