Description of dementia caregiver uplifts and implications for occupational therapy

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 590-595

  Donovan, Mary Lou ^a   Corcoran, Mary A ^b,c  

^a The College of St Scholastica   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Attitude; Caregivers; Dementia; Psychological

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPOUSE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; SPOUSES;

EID: 77955821344     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2010.09064     Document Type: Article

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