Overlooking informal dementia caregivers’ burden

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 167-174

  Riedel, Oliver ^a   Klotsche, Jens ^b   Wittchen, Hans Ulrich ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES RHEUMA FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84979516644     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20160531-02     Document Type: Article

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