REACH VA: Moving from translation to system implementation

Gerontologist

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 135-144

  Nichols, Linda O ^a   Martindale Adams, Jennifer ^a   Burns, Robert ^a   Zuber, Jeffrey ^a   Graney, Marshall J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving informal; Dementia; Organizational and institutional issues

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84959866557     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnu112     Document Type: Article

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