A phenomenological study of living with a partner affected with dementia

British Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 24-30

  Meyer, Jennie ^a   Cullough, Joanne Mc ^a   Berggren, Ingela ^b  

^a Community of Tanum ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dementia; Family caregiver; Loneliness; Spouse; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84957548997     PISSN: 14624753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjcn.2016.21.1.24     Document Type: Article

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