Religious Coping, Positive Aspects of Caregiving, and Social Support Among Alzheimer's Disease Caregivers

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 368-385

  Heo, Grace Jeongim ^a  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; caregiving; depression; positive aspects of caregiving; religious coping; social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902314400     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2014.907588     Document Type: Article

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