A Comprehensive Measure of the Costs of Caring for a Parent: Differences According to Functional Status

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 2003-2008

  Coe, Norma B ^a,b   Skira, Meghan M ^c   Larson, Eric B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADL limitations; costs of caregiving; informal care; memory related disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMIST; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INTENSIVE CARE; JOB MARKET; LEISURE; MARRIAGE; MEMORY DISORDER; MEMORY RELATED DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PATIENT CARE; WELLBEING; WIDOW; ADULT CHILD; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; MOTHER; NUCLEAR FAMILY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOTHERS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PHYSICAL FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85053519547     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.15552     Document Type: Article

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