Anticipating an easier day: Effects of adult day services on daily cortisol and stress

Gerontologist

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 303-312

  Klein, Laura Cousino ^a   Kim, Kyungmin ^b   Almeida, David M ^a   Femia, Elia E ^a   Rovine, Michael J ^a   Zarit, Steven H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult day services; Cortisol; Family caregivers; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84963582763     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnu060     Document Type: Article

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