Do informal caregivers for elderly in the community use support measures? A qualitative study in five European countries

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Willemse, Evi ^a,b   Anthierens, Sibyl ^a   Farfan Portet, Maria Isabel ^d   Schmitz, Olivier ^c   Macq, Jean ^c   Bastiaens, Hilde ^a   Dilles, Tinne ^a,b   Remmen, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Thomas More University College   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d BELGIAN HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE KCE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(Family) caregivers; Continuity of care; Long term care; Primary care; Support

Indexed keywords

AGED; BELGIUM; CAREGIVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRANCE; GERMANY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM CARE; LUXEMBOURG; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; COPING BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84978790762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1487-2     Document Type: Article

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