Evaluating the effectiveness of community-based dementia care networks: The Dementia Care Networks' Study

Gerontologist

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 456-464

  Lemieux Charles, Louise ^a   Chambers, Larry W ^b   Cockerill, Rhonda ^a   Jaglal, Susan ^a   Brazil, Kevin ^c   Cohen, Carole ^a   LeClair, Ken ^d   Dalziel, Bill ^e,f   Schulman, Barbara ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f SCO Health Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

Care recipients; Caregivers; Networks; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CASE STUDY; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NETWORK; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 23044480128     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/45.4.456     Document Type: Article

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