Just Helping: Children living with a parent with young onset dementia

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 740-751

  Svanberg, Emma ^a   Stott, Joshua ^b   Spector, Aimee ^b  

^a Central and North West London NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

burden; children; dementia; resilience; young carers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77955314994     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607861003713174     Document Type: Article

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