"Between the devil and the deep blue sea": The beliefs of caregivers of people with dementia regarding the use of in-home respite services

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 43-62

  Phillipson, Lyn ^a   Jones, Sandra C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Caregivers; Dementia; In home services; Respite

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPITE CARE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CULTURE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPITE CARE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956309865     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621424.2011.569522     Document Type: Article

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