Clinically significant changes in burden and depression among dementia caregivers following nursing home admission

BMC Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gaugler, Joseph E ^a   Mittelman, Mary S ^b   Hepburn, Kenneth ^c   Newcomer, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; NURSING HOME PATIENT; UNITED STATES; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650147124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-8-85     Document Type: Article

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