Results and lessons learned from a nurse practitionerguided dementia care intervention for primary care patients and their family caregivers

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 126-137

  Fortinsky, Richard H ^a   Delaney, Colleen ^b   Harel, Ofer ^b   Pasquale, Karen ^b   Schjavland, Elena ^b   Lynch, John ^c   Kleppinger, Alison ^a   Crumb, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Connecticut Center for Primary Care ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84905098760     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20140113-01     Document Type: Article

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