The Savvy Caregiver Program: Impact of an Evidence-Based Intervention on the Well-Being of Ethnically Diverse Caregivers

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 57, Issue 6-7, 2014, Pages 681-693

  Kally, Zina ^a   Cote, Sarah D ^b   Gonzalez, Jorge ^c   Villarruel, Monica ^a   Cherry, Debra L ^d   Howland, Susan ^d   Higgins, Melinda ^e   Connolly, Lora ^f   Hepburn, Kenneth ^e  

^a Partners in Care Foundation   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Partners in Care Foundation   (United States)

^d ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f California Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Alzheimer's; Asian; dementia; Hispanic

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CAREGIVERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEMENTIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84905751644     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2013.850584     Document Type: Article

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