An exploratory study of grief and health-related quality of life for caregivers of people with dementia

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 379-385

  Shuter, Patricia ^a   Beattie, Elizabeth ^a   Edwards, Helen ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

dementia; family caregivers; grief; health outcomes; protective and risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICIPATORY GRIEF; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEATH; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; TERMINAL CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; MALE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84906672401     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317513517034     Document Type: Article

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