Impact of caring for persons with Alzheimer's disease or dementia on caregivers' health outcomes: Findings from a community based survey in Japan

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Goren, Amir ^a   Montgomery, William ^b   Kahle Wrobleski, Kristin ^c   Nakamura, Tomomi ^c   Ueda, Kaname ^c  

^a KANTAR HEALTH   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD   (Australia)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiving; Dementia; Health outcomes; Japan

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPASSION FATIGUE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CAREGIVERS; COMORBIDITY; COMPASSION FATIGUE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84976636263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-016-0298-y     Document Type: Article

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