Clinical practice standards and ethical issues applied to a virtual group intervention for spousal caregivers of people with Alzheimer's

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-243

  Serafini, Julie Dergal ^a   Damianakis, Thecla ^a,d   Marziali, Elsa ^a,b,c  

^a Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

^b Katz Center for Gerontological Social Work Research

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Dementia; E health; Group intervention; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF HELP; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL WORK; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84905805793     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v44n03_07     Document Type: Article

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