Caregiver experience during advanced chronic illness and last year of life

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1082-1090

  Sautter, Jessica M ^a   Tulsky, James A ^b,c   Johnson, Kimberly S ^c   Olsen, Maren K ^b,d   Burton Chase, Allison M ^e   Hoff Lindquist, Jennifer ^b   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^f   Steinhauser, Karen E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiver burden; caregiving; chronic illness; end of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ADVANCED CHRONIC ILLNESS; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER REACTION ASSESSMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; VETERAN; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVING; CHRONIC ILLNESS; END OF LIFE;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902352589     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12841     Document Type: Article

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