Why family caregivers choose to institutionalize a loved one with dementia: A singapore perspective

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 509-516

  Tew, Chee Wee ^a   Tan, Li Feng ^b   Luo, Nan ^b   Ng, Wai Yee ^b   Yap, Philip ^a  

^a KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Caregiver gain; Caregivers; Dementia; Foreign domestic worker; Institutionalization; Intervention; Nursing home; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVERS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251506070     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320260     Document Type: Review

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