Measuring the Effectiveness of Adult Day Care as a Facility to Support Family Caregivers of Dementia Patients

The Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-81

  Schacke, Claudia ^a   Zank, Susanne R ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

caregiving; day care; dementia; evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247672508     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464805284195     Document Type: Article

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