Successful Interventions for Family Caregivers

Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 415-420

  Zeiss, L McKenzie ^a   Kwon, Yookyung ^b   Marquett, Renee ^c   Gallagher thompson, Dolores ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Stanford Medicine Children s Health   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiver burden; Caregiver stress; Cultural competence; Family caregiver; Knowledge of dementia; Psychological intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958170611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470669600.ch66     Document Type: Chapter

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