Characteristics and correlates of caregivers' perceptions of their family members' memory loss

Nursing Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 240-245

  Yu, Hairong ^a   Lingler, Jennifer H ^b   Sereika, Susan M ^b   Erlen, Judith A ^b  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Common sense model; Illness perception; Memory loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85020242404     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: 15389847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0000000000000220     Document Type: Article

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