Informal caregiving and its impact on health: A reappraisal from population-based studies

Gerontologist

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 309-319

  Roth, David L ^a   Fredman, Lisa ^b   Haley, William E ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Caregiving; Mortality; Population based studies

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY RATE; SEASHORE; SPOUSE; COMPLICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84946550625     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnu177     Document Type: Article

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