Family stigma and caregiver burden in Alzheimer's disease

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-97

  Werner, Perla ^a   Mittelman, Mary S ^b   Goldstein, Dovrat ^a   Heinik, Jeremia ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Caregiver stress; Dementia; Informal caregiving; Stigmatic beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EMOTION; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84856459402     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr117     Document Type: Article

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