Alzheimer's dementia in persons with Down's syndrome:Predicting time spent on day-to-day caregiving

Dementia

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 521-538

  Mccarron, Mary ^a   Gill, Michael ^b   Mccallion, Philip ^c   Begley, Cecily ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

cost of care; out of home care; staff carers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993767808     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301205058305     Document Type: Article

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