Information needs and sources of family caregivers of home elderly patients

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-205

  Hirakawa, Yoshihisa ^a   Kuzuya, Masafumi ^b   Enoki, Hiromi ^c   Uemura, Kazumasa ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKAI GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dementia; Family caregivers; Home care; Information needs; Information sources

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79551595785     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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