Burden in caregivers of older adults with advanced illness

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2315-2322

  Garlo, Katherine ^a   O'Leary, John R ^b   Van Ness, Peter H ^b   Fried, Terri R ^b,c  

^a RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced illness; caregiver burden; communication; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONNECTICUT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650115451     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03177.x     Document Type: Article

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