Dementia neuropsychiatric symptom severity, help-seeking patterns, and family caregiver unmet needs in the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA)

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-15

  Hinton, Ladson ^a   Chambers, Darin ^a   Velásquez, Alexandra ^a   Gonzalez, Hector ^b   Haan, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Help seeking; Latino; Neuropsychiatric symptoms; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOEDUCATION;

EID: 33746594595     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v29n04_01     Document Type: Article

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