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MENTAL HEALTH AND SLEEP OF OLDER WIFE CAREGIVERS FOR SPOUSES WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS

Karen Willette-Murphy School of Nursing, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota, USA
, PhD, RN,
Catherine Todero College of Nursing, University of Nebraska-Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
, PhD, RN &
Rosalee Yeaworth College of Nursing, University of Nebraska-Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
, PhD, RN, FAAN
Pages 837-852 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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