Dementia Care Programs and Services for Chinese Americans in the U.S.

Ageing International

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-141

  Wu, Bei ^a   Lombardo, Nancy B Emerson ^b   Chang, Kun ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center   (United States)

^d National Asian Pacific Center on Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese Americans; Dementia care; Programs and services

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956612279     PISSN: 01635158     EISSN: 1936606X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12126-010-9055-2     Document Type: Article

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