Caregivers' judgments of the functional abilities of the Alzheimer's disease patient: Impact of caregivers' depression and perceived burden

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 91-98

  Argüelles, Soledad ^a,b   Loewenstein, David A ^a,c   Eisdorfer, Carl ^a,b,c   Argiielles, Trinidad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE)   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; ERROR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034965274     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089198870101400209     Document Type: Article

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