Lotus Shyu, Yea-Ing; Chen, Min-Chi; Lee, Hsiao-Chin - In: Social Science & Medicine 58 (2004) 7, pp. 1395-1403
The problems of caregivers are identified as one of the major causes, as well as a preventable one, for the unplanned hospital readmissions of elderly patients. Family caregivers are found to be under intense stress and burden, and to encounter many difficulties preparing themselves, both...