Successful linkage between formal and informal care systems: The mobilization of outside help by caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1330-1344

  Carpentier, Normand ^a   Grenier, Amanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; caregiving; case studies; families; health care; longitudinal studies; narrative inquiry; network analysis; sociology

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84865650291     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732312451870     Document Type: Article

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