"Learning to become a family caregiver" efficacy of an intervention program for caregivers following diagnosis of dementia in a relative

Gerontologist

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 484-494

  Ducharme, Francine C ^a   Lévesque, Louise L ^a   Lachance, Lise M ^b   Kergoat, Marie Jeanne ^a   Legault, Alain J ^a   Beaudet, Line M ^a,c   Zarit, Steven H ^d  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver role transition; Caregivers; Dementia diagnosis; Intervention program

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80052979159     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr014     Document Type: Article

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