Caregiving and adults with intellectual disabilities affected by dementia

Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-33

  Courtenay, Ken ^a   Jokinen, Nancy S ^b   Strydom, Andre ^c  

^a Haringey Learning Disabilities Team   (United Kingdom)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Dementia; Intellectual disabilities; Interventions; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956079539     PISSN: 17411122     EISSN: 17411130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-1130.2010.00244.x     Document Type: Review

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