Counselling groups for spouses of elderly demented patients: A qualitative evaluation study

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 183-191

  Brännström, Benny ^a   Tibblin, åsa ^b   Löwenborg, Carin ^b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Local Health Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Counselling; Dementia; Intervention; Nursing; Spouses

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP; SPOUSE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SPOUSES;

EID: 0034252267     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-172x.2000.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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