A dimensional analysis of caregiver burden among spouses and adult children

Gerontologist

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-331

  Savundranayagam, Marie Y ^a   Montgomery, Rhonda J V ^a   Kosloski, Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Informal caregiving; Objective burden; Relationship burden; Stress burden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957497617     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq102     Document Type: Article

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