Awareness of carer distress in people with dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1246-1252

  Ablitt, Astri ^a,b   Jones, Gregory ^a   Muers, Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Warwick and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

awareness; carer; dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAUGHTER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY FUNCTION SCALE; RATING SCALE; SIBLING; SPOUSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ARTHRITIS; AWARENESS; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78649665036     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2461     Document Type: Article

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