The Caregiver Activity Survey (CAS): Development and validation of a new measure for caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 978-988

  Davis, Kenneth L ^a   Marin, Deborah B ^a   Kane, Robert ^b   Patrick, Donald ^c   Peskind, Elaine R ^d   Raskind, Murray A ^d   Puder, Katherine L ^e,f  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Sandoz Pharma Ltd   (Switzerland)

^f Columbia Univ Sch of Pub Hlth ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Assessment; Caregiver time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EATING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM; TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030670601     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199710)12:10<978::AID-GPS659>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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