Conceptualizing Family Caregivers' Use of Community Support Services: A Scoping Review.
Background and Objectives Only a fraction of the 53 million caregivers in the United States use available formal community services. This scoping review synthesized the literature on the barriers and facilitators of community support service utilization by adult caregivers of a family member or frie...
| Publicado en: | Gerontologist Vol. 64; no. 5; pp. 1 - 12 |
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May2024
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