How do family carers respond to behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia?

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 743-753

  Moore, Kirsten ^a,b   Ozanne, Elizabeth ^b   Ames, David ^a,b   Dow, Briony ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; caregiver; carer distress; community aged care; dementia care; neuropsychiatric inventory; neuropsychiatric symptoms; strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84875418453     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213000070     Document Type: Article

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