The effects of caregiver emotional stress on the depressive symptomatology of the care recipient

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-62

  Ejem, Deborah B ^a   Drentea, Patricia ^a   Clay, Olivio J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiving; life stress paradigm; National Long Term Care Study; resources; stressors

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER; COMPLICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84911419845     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2014.915919     Document Type: Article

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