A family intervention to delay nursing home placement of patients with Alzheimer disease: A randomized controlled trial

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 1725-1731

  Mittelman, Mary S ^a   Ferris, Steven H ^a   Shulman, Emma ^a   Steinberg, Gertrude ^a   Levin, Bruce ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPOUSE;

EID: 0030445619     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.21.1725     Document Type: Article

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