Strategies for the relief of burden in advanced dementia care-giving

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1790-1799

  de la Cuesta Benjumea, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dementia; Family care; Grounded theory; Informal care; Nursing; Qualitative research; Respite care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPITE CARE; REST; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPAIN; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONG-TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPITE CARE; REST; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960429167     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05607.x     Document Type: Article

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