Alzheimer's disease in real life - The dementia carer's survey

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 546-551

  Georges, Jean ^a   Jansen, Sabine ^b   Jackson, Jim ^c   Meyrieux, Arlette ^d   Sadowska, Alicja ^e   Selmes, Micheline ^f  

^a ALZHEIMER EUROPE   (Luxembourg)

^b Deutsche Alzheimer Gesellschaft eV   (Germany)

^c Alzheimer Scotland   (United Kingdom)

^d France Alzheimer   (France)

^e Polish Alzheimer's Association   (Poland)

^f Parque Empresarial la Moraleja   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Behaviour; Carer; Dementia; Services; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SPAIN; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 44249087408     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1984     Document Type: Article

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