When the profession becomes personal: Dementia care practitioners as family caregivers

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 902-910

  Manthorpe, Jill ^a   Samsi, Kritika ^a   Rapaport, Joan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; carers; dementia; mental capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMENTIA; EMPATHY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL WORK;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860138811     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211002882     Document Type: Article

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