Dementia caregiving: Who will care for our caregivers?

Drug Benefit Trends

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 39-44+49

  Nayak, Rajesh A ^a   Mulchandani, Deepak ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Market Measures/Cozint   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Caregiving; Dementia; Health status; Health related; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038380225     PISSN: 10805826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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