Spousal Caregiving for Partners with Dementia: A Deductive Literature Review Testing Calasantis Gendered View of Care Work

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 759-787

  Hong, Sung Chull ^a   Coogle, Constance L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; caregiving; dementia; gender; spouse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; FEMININITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MASCULINITY; PATIENT CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SPOUSES;

EID: 84973890823     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464814542246     Document Type: Article

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