Caregivers' deepest feelings in living with alzheimer's diseas: A ricoeurian interpretation of family caregivers' journals

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-215

  Bursch, Heide Christine ^a   Butcher, Howard Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT CHILD; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WRITING;

EID: 84864766509     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20120605-03     Document Type: Article

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