Family caregiving of older Chinese people with dementia: Testing a model

Nursing Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-50

  Liu, Yu ^a   Insel, Kathleen C ^b   Reed, Pamela G ^b   Crist, Janice D ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiver; caregiving process; dementia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 83655183166     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e31823bc451     Document Type: Article

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