Support groups for dementia caregivers - Predictors for utilisation and expected quality from a family caregiver's point of view: A questionnaire survey PART I

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gräel, Elmar ^a   Trilling, Angelika ^b   Donath, Carolin ^a   Luttenberger, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b City of Kassel   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP; STANDARD;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 77955715296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-219     Document Type: Article

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