Spouse caregivers of people with advanced dementia in nursing homes: A longitudinal narrative study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 683-691

  Hennings, Jean ^a   Froggatt, Katherine ^a   Payne, Sheila ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregiver; dementia; nursing homes; palliative care; qualitative research; spouses

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING HOME; SOCIETY; SPOUSE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK EXPERIENCE;

CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPOUSES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NARRATION; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84879741839     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313479685     Document Type: Article

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