Experiences of end of life amongst family carers of people with advanced dementia: Longitudinal cohort study with mixed methods

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Moore, Kirsten J ^a   Davis, Sarah ^a   Gola, Anna ^a   Harrington, Jane ^a   Kupeli, Nuriye ^a   Vickerstaff, Victoria ^a   King, Michael ^a   Leavey, Gerard ^b   Nazareth, Irwin ^a   Jones, Louise ^a   Sampson, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced dementia; Anxiety; Burden; Carer; Depression; End of life; Grief; Mixed methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; TRENDS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85021627769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-017-0523-3     Document Type: Article

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