The Meeting Centres Support Programme: An effective way of supporting people with dementia who live at home and their carers

Dementia

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 426-433

  Dröes, Rose Marie ^a   Meiland, Franka J M ^a   de Lange, Jacomine ^b   Vernooij Dassen, Myrra J F J ^c   Van Tilburg, Willem ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84993724971     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14713012030023011     Document Type: Article

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