Impact of caring for grandchildren on the health of grandparents in Taiwan

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1009-1021

  Ku, Li Jung E ^a,b   Stearns, Sally C ^a   Van Houtven, Courtney H ^c,d   Lee, Shoou Yih D ^e   Dilworth Anderson, Peggye ^a   Konrad, Thomas R ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Grandparent; Health; Living arrangements

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVING; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD REARING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GRANDPARENT; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIVING ARRANGEMENTS.; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; TAIWAN; TIME; PSYCHOLOGY;

CAREGIVING; GRANDPARENT; HEALTH; LIVING ARRANGEMENTS.;

AGED; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD REARING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888614081     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt090     Document Type: Article

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