The PLUS intervention: A pilot test with caregivers of depressed older adults

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 61-71

  Horton Deutsch, Sara L ^a   Farran, Carol J ^b   Choi, Eunice E ^b   Fogg, Lou ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SKILL; STRESS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036550108     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apnu.2002.32108     Document Type: Article

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