Family caregivers’ perspectives on dementia-related dressing difficulties at home: The preservation of self model

Dementia

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 494-512

  Mahoney, Diane F ^a   LaRose, Sharon ^a,b   Mahoney, Edward L ^a,c  

^a MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c EDDEE Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; Alzheimer s disease; family caregiving; major neurocognitive disorder; medical textiles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84938265893     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301213501821     Document Type: Article

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