Does dementia caregiving accelerate frailty? Findings from the health and retirement study

Gerontologist

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 444-450

  Dassel, Kara B ^a   Carr, Dawn C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Decline; Dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84974733597     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnu078     Document Type: Article

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