Health behaviors among Baby Boomer informal caregivers

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 219-230

  Hoffman, Geoffrey J ^a   Lee, Jihey ^a   Mendez Luck, Carolyn A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Caregiver stress; Caregiving Informal; Exercise; Nutrition; Stress and coping

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROWTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CALIFORNIA; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROWTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84858394255     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns003     Document Type: Article

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