Does support from foreign domestic workers decrease the negative impact of informal caregiving? Results from Singapore survey on informal caregiving

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 609-621

  Østbye, Truls ^a,b   Malhotra, Rahul ^a   Malhotra, Chetna ^a   Arambepola, Chandima ^a   Chan, Angelique ^a,c  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Caregivers; Community survey; Foreign domestic workers; Frail elderly; Singapore; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY SURVEY; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKERS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT.; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY SURVEY; FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKERS; FRAIL ELDERLY; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT.;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84878821313     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt042     Document Type: Review

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