Do memory clinics improve the quality of life of carers? A randomized pilot trial

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 626-632

  LoGiudice, Dina ^a,d   Waltrowicz, Wendy ^a   Brown, Kaye ^b   Burrows, Colin ^b   Ames, David ^c   Flicker, Leon ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carers; Dementia; Memory clinics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MORBIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TIME;

AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0032780786     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199908)14:8<626::AID-GPS990>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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