'Mastering an unpredictable everyday life after stroke'- older women's experiences of caring and living with their partners

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 587-597

  Gosman Hedström, Gunilla ^a,b   Dahlin Ivanoff, Synneve ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Institute for Health Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carers; Focus groups; Informal care; Older women; Qualitative research; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPOUSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; SPOUSES; STROKE;

EID: 84864773803     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2012.00975.x     Document Type: Article

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