The care burden of families with members having intellectual and developmental disorder: A review of the recent literature

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 348-352

  Wang, Kuo Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

aging parents; dementia care; lifelong care burden

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER BURDEN; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DOWN SYNDROME; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; STAFF TRAINING;

CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84864864662     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3283564248     Document Type: Review

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