Living with mild cognitive impairment: The patient's and carer's experience

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 871-881

  Dean, Katherine ^a   Wilcock, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carers; cognitive disorders; MCI; memory; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGER; ANXIETY; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CAREGIVERS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84860132281     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161021100264X     Document Type: Review

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