Evaluation of a telephone-based support group intervention for female caregivers of community-dwelling individuals with dementia

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 391-397

  Winter, Laraine ^a   Gitlin, Laura N ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiving, support groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS; SUPPORT GROUP; TELEPHONE;

EID: 33845939397     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317506291371     Document Type: Article

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