Effect of support groups on family caregivers to the frail elderly

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-144

  Demers, Andrée ^a   Lavoie, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

caregivers; depression; evaluation; subjective burden; support groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0029890820     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980800013337     Document Type: Article

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