The 3-phase-model of dyadic adaptation to dementia: Why it might sometimes be better to be worse

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-301

  Martin, Mike ^a   Peter Wight, Melanie ^a   Braun, Melanie ^a   Hornung, Rainer ^a   Scholz, Urte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Dementia; Dyad; Old age; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

EID: 71249148030     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-009-0129-5     Document Type: Article

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