Reaching the heart of the caregiver

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 37-49

  Oakes, S Liliana ^a   Hepburn, Kenneth ^b   Silva Ross, Jeanette ^a   Talamantes, Melissa A ^a   Espino, David V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Hispanic caregivers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CONFUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LEARNING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOEDUCATION; SELF CARE; TEAMWORK; THINKING;

EID: 33847634331     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v30n02_04     Document Type: Article

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