Family Caregivers and In-Home Respite Options: The Consumer-Directed versus Agency-Based Experience

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 9-28

  Feinberg, Lynn Friss ^a   Whitlatch, Carol J ^b  

^a Family Caregiver Alliance   (United States)

^b Benjamin Rose Institute   (United States)

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EID: 84937260674     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v30n03_03     Document Type: Article

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