Peer support for Alzheimer's caregivers: Is it enough to make a difference?

Research on Aging

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-192

  Pillemer, Karl ^a   Suitor, J Jill ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0036171855     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027502242001     Document Type: Article

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