The impact of informal care-giving networks on adult children's care-giver burden

Ageing and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-51

  Tolkacheva, Natalia ^a   Van Groenou, Marjolein Broese ^a   De Boer, Alice ^b   Van Tilburg, Theo ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b The Netherlands Institute for Social Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adult child care giver; disagreement; informal care giving network; support

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH WORKER; SOCIAL IMPACT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79451468918     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10000711     Document Type: Article

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