The effects of suffering in chronically ill older adults on the health and well-being of family members involved in their care

GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 207-213

  Monin, Joan K ^a   Schulz, Richard ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; caregiving; emotion regulation; health; suffering

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSENSUS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY STRESS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MENTAL HEALTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSE;

EID: 79251488459     PISSN: 16629647     EISSN: 1662971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000024     Document Type: Article

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