Psychological distress among Chinese adult-child caregivers: The effects of behavioral and cognitive components of care

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 133-146

  Lou, Vivian W Q ^a   Kwan, Chi Wai ^a   Leung, Angela Y M ^a   Chi, Iris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult child caregivers; Chinese; Minimum data set for home care (mds hc); Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051823630     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621424.2011.592424     Document Type: Article

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