The Experience of Quality of Life for Caregivers of People With Alzheimer's Disease Living in Sardinia, Italy

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-55

  Vellone, Ercole ^a   Piras, Giovanni ^b   Venturini, Giulia ^a   Alvaro, Rosaria ^a   Cohen, Marlene Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Home Care Service   (Italy)

^c NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; caregivers; gerontology; Italy; phenomenological research; quality of life; rural nursing; Sardinia; transcultural health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855362197     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659611414199     Document Type: Article

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