Relationships between appraisals of caregiver communication strategies and burden among spouses and adult children

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1470-1478

  Savundranayagam, Marie Y ^a   Orange, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; family caregivers; language techniques; verbal breakdowns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF EVALUATION; SPOUSE; STRESS;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80053569008     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211000408     Document Type: Article

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