The disproportionate impact of dementia on family and unpaid caregiving to older adults

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1642-1649

  Kasper, Judith D ^a   Freedman, Vicki A ^b   Spillman, Brenda C ^c   Wolff, Jennifer L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; SELF CARE; UNPAID CAREGIVER; VERY ELDERLY; ECONOMICS; HOME CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84944458746     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0536     Document Type: Article

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