Living with an aging parent: "It was a beautiful invitation"

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 746-753

  Ritchie, Christine S ^a,b   Roth, David L ^a,c   Allman, Richard M ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DECISION MAKING; GERIATRIC CARE; HOME; HOME CARE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES; AGED; CONFLICT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOUSING; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW; SPOUSE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SPOUSES;

EID: 80051735043     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1163     Document Type: Article

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