Caregiver training for people with Alzheimer's based on a stress threshold model

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-246

  Gerdner, Linda A ^a   Hall, Geri Richards ^b   Buckwalter, Kathleen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver training protocol; Dementia management; Nursing intervention

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; FAMILY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MODEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING DIAGNOSIS; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030238224     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1996.tb00358.x     Document Type: Article

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