Building capacity for dementia care: Training program to develop primary care memory clinics

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Linda ^a,b,c,d,e   Kasperski, M Janet ^h,i,j   Weston, W Wayne ^f,g  

^a Memory Clinic ^*

^b Centre for Family Medicine Ontario   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g Ontario College of Family Physicians   (Canada)

^h Professional Development and Practice Support   (Canada)

ⁱ NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^j TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BOOK; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EXPERIENCE; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEMORY CLINIC TRAINING PROGRAM; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEER GROUP; PHARMACIST; PRIMARY CARE MEMORY CLINIC; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIAL WORKER; TRAINING; WORKSHOP;

CAPACITY BUILDING; DEMENTIA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79960446512     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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