Social networks, befriending and support for family carers of people with dementia

Quality in Ageing

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 37-44

  Charlesworth, Georgina ^a   Tzimoula, Xanthippe ^a   Higgs, Paul ^a   Poland, Fiona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Befriending; Caregiving; Dementia; Family carers; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 45249098746     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200700011     Document Type: Article

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