The dementia end of life care project (DeLCaP): Supporting families caring for people with late stage dementia at home

Dementia

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 349-361

  Ghiotti, Chris ^a  

^a Redbridge Dementia Partnership ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care pathway; Carers; Dementia; End of life care; Multidisciplinary partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949129048     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301209104976     Document Type: Article

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