Baby Boom caregivers: Care in the age of individualization

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 210-218

  Guberman, Nancy ^a,b   Lavoie, Jean Pierre ^b,c   Blein, Laure ^b   Olazabal, Ignace ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Centre de Recherche et D'expertise en Gérontologie Sociale CSSS Cavendish   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conceptions of care; Family responsibility; Generational change

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUEBEC; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84858429338     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr140     Document Type: Article

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