Negotiating the joint career: Couples adapting to Alzheimer's and aging in place

Journal of Aging Research

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Beard, Renée L ^a   Sakhtah, Sasha ^a   Imse, Vanessa ^a   Galvin, James E ^b  

^a Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SPOUSE;

EID: 84868261620     PISSN: 20902204     EISSN: 20902212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/797023     Document Type: Article

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