Family caregiving in dementia: The asian perspective of a global problem

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 469-478

  Chan, Sally Wai Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian; Burden; Dementia; Family caregivers

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FAMILY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JAPAN; LEISURE; LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THAILAND; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASIA; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURE; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POPULATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79251469119     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322086     Document Type: Review

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