Preparedness for death and adjustment to bereavement among caregivers of recently placed nursing home residents

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 127-133

  Schulz, Richard ^a   Boerner, Kathrin ^b   Klinger, Julie ^a   Rosen, Jules ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c Mind Springs Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHILD; HOME FOR THE AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; FEMALE; GRIEF; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921856544     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2014.0309     Document Type: Article

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