A mixed methods study of hope, transitions, and quality of life in family caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Duggleby, Wendy D ^a   Swindle, Jennifer ^a   Peacock, Shelley ^b   Ghosh, Sunita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84055219517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-88     Document Type: Article

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