Diagnosing early onset dementia and then what? A frustrating system of aftercare resources

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-86

  Chemali, Z ^a,b   Schamber, S ^b   Tarbi, E C ^b   Acar, D ^a,b   Avila Urizar, M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Early onset dementia; Services; Social work

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOCIAL WORK; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGITATION; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; INCONTINENCE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONOTHERAPY; POLYPHARMACY;

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EID: 84857078865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S26523     Document Type: Article

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