"I do the best I can": Caregivers' perceptions of informal caregiving for older adults in Belize

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-25

  Vroman, Kerryellen ^a   Morency, Jamme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELIZE; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; ROLE PLAYING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELIZE; CAREGIVERS; CHRISTIANITY; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; ROLE;

EID: 79953764716     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.72.1.a     Document Type: Article

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