Caregiving networks - Using a network approach to identify missed opportunities

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 143-154

  Koehly, Laura M ^a   Ashida, Sato ^b   Schafer, Ellen J ^b   Ludden, Amanda ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiving; Dementia; Family structure; Social networks

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84922449146     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu111     Document Type: Article

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