Experiences of Caregiving, Satisfaction of Life, and Social Repercussions Among Family Caregivers, Two Years Post-Stroke

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 725-742

  Lurbe Puerto, Kàtia ^a   Leandro, Maria Engracia ^b,c   Baumann, Michèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^c Centre for Philosophical and Humanistic Studies Centro de Solidariedade de Braga Projecto Homem   (Portugal)

Author keywords

care provision setting; experiences of caregiving; family caregiver

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUXEMBOURG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUXEMBOURG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PORTUGAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84866296507     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2012.692351     Document Type: Article

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