Unique contribution of family functioning in caregivers of patients with mild to moderate dementia

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 170-174

  Tremont, Geoffrey ^a   Davis, Jennifer Duncan ^b   Bishop, Duane S ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Dementia caregivers; Family functioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOUSE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 32044469596     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090699     Document Type: Article

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