Former Family Carers’ Subjective Experiences of Burden:A comparison between group living and nursing home environments in one municipality in Sweden

Dementia

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 241-254

  Andrén, Signe ^a   Elmståhl, Sölve ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

care settings; caregiver burden; dementia; group living

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993726249     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147130120200100209     Document Type: Article

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