The ‘Talking About Memory Coffee Group’: A new model of support for people with early-stage dementia and their families

Dementia

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-148

  Pratt, Rebekah ^a   Clare, Linda ^b   Aggarwal, Neeru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993708221     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147130120500400110     Document Type: Article

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