The cost of caregiving: Endocrine and immune implications in elderly and non elderly caregivers

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1342-1352

  Lovell, Brian ^a   Wetherell, Mark A ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregiver stress; Caregiving intensity; Cellular immunity; Disease vulnerability; Dyadic support; Elderly caregivers; HPA axis; Humoral immunity; Immunologic efficacy; Non elderly caregivers; Social support

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGING; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD CARE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIFE STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROSECRETION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79954595645     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.02.007     Document Type: Review

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