Effectiveness of interventions that assist caregivers to support people with dementia living in the community: A systematic review

International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-172

  Parker, Deborah ^a   Mills, Sandra ^a   Abbey, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Dementia; Interventions; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956089274     PISSN: 17441595     EISSN: 17441609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1609.2008.00090.x     Document Type: Article

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