Trajectories of care: Spouses coping with changes related to mild cognitive impairment

Dementia

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-62

  Roberto, Karen A ^a   McCann, Brandy Renee ^b   Blieszner, Rosemary ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

family care; grounded theory; marital relationships; memory loss; older adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872343685     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301211421233     Document Type: Article

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