The development and implementation of the structured training programme for caregivers of inpatients after stroke (TRACS) intervention: The London Stroke Carers Training Course

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 211-220

  Forster, Anne ^a   Dickerson, Josie ^a   Melbourn, Anne ^b   Steadman, Jayne ^c   Wittink, Margreet ^d   Young, John ^a   Kalra, Lalit ^e   Farrin, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c Bromley Healthcare   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carer caregiver burden; carer caregiver training; complex intervention; London Stroke Carers Training Course; rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; CAREGIVER; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFTERCARE; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LONDON; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE;

EID: 84924798484     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215514543334     Document Type: Article

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