The perseverance time of informal carers for people with dementia: Results of a two-year longitudinal follow-up study

BMC Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kraijo, Henk ^a   van Exel, Job ^b   Brouwer, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burden; Dementia; Informal care; Longitudinal cohort study; Perseverance time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946571594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-015-0107-5     Document Type: Article

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