The effects of an integrated care intervention for the frail elderly on informal caregivers: A quasi-experimental study

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Janse, Benjamin ^a   Huijsman, Robbert ^a   De Kuyper, Ruben Dennis Maurice ^b   Fabbricotti, Isabelle Natalina ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Huisartsenpraktijk Arnemuiden ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frail elderly; Informal caregiver; Integrated care; Objective burden; Perceived health; Quality of life; Subjective burden

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900444247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-58     Document Type: Article

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