Spousal caregivers and persons with dementia: Increasing participation in shared leisure activities among hospital-based dementia support program participants

Dementia

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 9-28

  DiLauro, Michelle ^a   Pereira, Amanda ^b   Carr, Jennifer ^c   Chiu, Mary ^c   Wesson, Virginia ^c  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b VHA Home Healthcare ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

activity participation; caregivers; dementia; leisure; shared activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008259050     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301215570680     Document Type: Article

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