Effects of supporting community-living demented patients and their caregivers: A randomized trial

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1282-1287

  Eloniemi Sulkava, Ulla ^a   Notkola, Irma Leena ^b   Hentinen, Maija ^c,d   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^c,d   Sivenius, Juhani ^e,f   Sulkava, Raimo ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e Brain Research and Rehabilitation Center Neuron   (Finland)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Community care; Dementia; Intervention; Older

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COUNSELING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034748756     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49255.x     Document Type: Article

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