Identifying needs, burden, and distress of carers of people with Frontotemporal dementia compared to Alzheimer's disease

Dementia

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-235

  Nicolaou, Paula L ^a   Egan, Sarah J ^a   Gasson, Natalie ^a   Kane, Robert T ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burden; Carers; Dementia; Distress; Needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953647205     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301209354024     Document Type: Article

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