Time to care? Health of informal older carers and time spent on health related activities: An Australian survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jowsey, Tanisha ^a,b   McRae, Ian ^a   Gillespie, James ^b   Banfield, Michelle ^a,b   Yen, Laurann ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Carer; Chronic disease; Chronic illness; Health related activities; Health services; Informal care; Long term condition; Respite; Time; Time use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84876722628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-374     Document Type: Article

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