A Stress-Busting Program for family caregivers

Rehabilitation Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 151-159

  Lewis, Sharon L ^a,b   Miner Williams, Denise ^a,b   Novian, Allen ^a   Escamilla, Monica I ^a   Blackwell, Paula H ^a   Kretzschmar, Jennifer Hale ^a   Arevalo Flechas, Lyda C ^a   Bonner, Peter N ^c  

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

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Data and Statistics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Alzheimer's disease and; Caregiving; Intervention; Related dementias; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149149511     PISSN: 02784807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2048-7940.2009.tb00271.x     Document Type: Article

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