Understanding the Impact of Early-Life Trauma in Nursing Home Residents

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 755-767

  Anderson, Keith A ^a   Fields, Noelle L ^a   Dobb, Lynn A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiving; long term care; nursing home residents; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING HOME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858033132     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2011.596917     Document Type: Article

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