Effect of Meeting Centres Support Program on feelings of competence of family carers and delay of institutionalization of people with dementia

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-211

  Dröes, Rose Marie ^a,e   Breebaart, E ^b   Meiland, F J M ^c   Van Tilburg, W ^a   Mellenbergh, G J ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Prov North Brabant's Hertogenbosch ^*  (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAY CARE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONELINESS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; STRESS; SUPPORT GROUP;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DAY CARE; DEMENTIA; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 2442522536     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860410001669732     Document Type: Article

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