Perceptions of family caregivers' psychosocial behavior when communicating with spouses who have Alzheimer's disease

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 281-289

  Small, Jeff A ^a   Perry, JoAnn ^a   Lewis, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiving; Communication; Perceptions; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE;

EID: 27144460495     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331750502000510     Document Type: Article

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