Enhancing caregiver health: Findings from the resources for enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health II intervention

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-37

  Elliott, Amanda F ^a,b   Burgio, Louis D ^b,c   Decoster, Jamie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia caregiving; Mental health; Physical health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECIPIENT; SLEEP; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 73949144566     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02631.x     Document Type: Article

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