Respite care for people with dementia and their carers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Maayan, Nicola ^a   Soares Weiser, Karla ^a   Lee, Helen ^b  

^a Enhance Reviews Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b HidcoteRadley   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DRUG USE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPITE CARE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPITE CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH;

EID: 84903762447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004396.pub3     Document Type: Review

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