Growing and gaining through caring for a loved one with dementia

Dementia

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-261

  Netto, Raphael Nicholas ^a   Goh Yen, Jenny ^b   Philip, Yap Lin Kiat ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiving; Dementia; Gain; Positive; Strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449145879     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301209103269     Document Type: Article

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