Gender Differences Regarding Informal Caregivers of Older People

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 349-357

  del Pino Casado, Rafael ^a   Frías Osuna, Antonio ^a   Palomino Moral, Pedro A ^a   Ramón Martínez Riera, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Gender differences; Nursing; Objective burden; Older people; Subjective burden

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870507622     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2012.01477.x     Document Type: Article

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