Issues in dementia caregiving: Effects on mental and physical health, intervention strategies, and research needs

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 491-496

  Sörensen, Silvia ^a   Conwell, Yeates ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; COST; DEMENTIA; HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; STRESS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 85027929366     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31821c0e6e     Document Type: Editorial

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