A spiritually based caregiver intervention with telephone delivery for family caregivers of veterans with dementia

Alzheimer's Care Today

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 212-220

  Bormann, Jill ^a,b   Warren, Kathleen A ^b   Regalbuto, Laura ^b   Glaser, Dale ^a   Kelly, Ann ^c   Schnack, Judy ^b   Hinton, Lakemba ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Dementia; Mantram; Spiritual therapies; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649149040     PISSN: 19363001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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