Positive and negative evaluation of caregiving among three different types of informal care relationships

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 301-311

  Broese van Groenou, Marjolein I ^a   de Boer, Alice ^b   Iedema, Jurjen ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Institute of Social Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiver; Informal care; Older adults; Positive evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890425826     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-013-0276-6     Document Type: Article

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