Carers and the monitoring of psychogeriatric community teams

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1057-1061

  Melzer, David ^a,d   Bedford, Susan ^b   Dening, Tom ^b   Lawton, Claire ^b   Todd, Chris ^c   Badger, Graham ^a   Brayne, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Community teams; Psychogeriatric; Services

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL WORK; SPOUSE; STRESS; TEAMWORK; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0030446351     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199612)11:12<1057::AID-GPS568>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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