An assessment of the relationship between informal caring and quality of life in older community-dwelling adults - more positives than negatives?

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-46

  Ratcliffe, Julie ^a   Lester, Laurence H ^b   Couzner, Leah ^a   Crotty, Maria ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Carers; ICECAP O; Process utility; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84870690181     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2012.01085.x     Document Type: Article

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