The "invisible caregiver": Multicaregiving among diabetic African-American grandmothers

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 2S, 2014, Pages

  Carthron, Dana L ^a   Bailey, Donald E ^b   Anderson, Ruth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Caregiving; Chronic illness management; Diabetes; Grandmothers raising grandchildren; Longitudinal; Multicaregiving; Older adults; Qualitative; Self management

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLACK PERSON; CAREGIVER; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84897464607     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2014.02.013     Document Type: Article

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