The experience of caregiving: Differences between behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia and alzheimer disease

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 724-728

  Wong, Cindy ^a   Merrilees, Jennifer ^a,b   Ketelle, Robin ^a,b   Barton, Cynthia ^a,b   Wallhagen, Margaret ^a   Miller, Bruce ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b School of Nursing ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; caregiver; depression; distress; frontotemporal dementia; perceived control; strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER STRAIN INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPOUSE;

EID: 84864284963     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e318233154d     Document Type: Article

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