Coping strategies and social support-seeking behaviour among Chinese caring for older people with dementia

Ageing and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1422-1441

  Au, Alma ^a   Shardlow, Steven M ^a,b   Teng, Yue ^a   Tsien, Teresa ^a   Chan, Charles ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

care givers; Chinese; coping; dementia; Hong Kong; social support

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL CHANGE;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84885108745     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X12000724     Document Type: Article

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