Stakeholder perspectives on policies to support family caregivers of older adults with dementia

Journal of Family Social Work

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-190

  Putnam, Michelle ^a   Pickard, Joseph G ^b   Rodriguez, Carroll ^c   Shear, Erin ^d  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d AID Atlanta Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer direction; Dementia; Family caregivers; Family centered care; Home and community based services

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949565074     PISSN: 10522158     EISSN: 15404072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10522150903487479     Document Type: Article

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