Caregivers as Therapeutic Agents in Dementia Care: The Context of Caregiving and the Evidence Base for Interventions

Family Caregiving in the New Normal

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 305-353

  Gitlin, Laura N ^a,b,c   Hodgson, Nancy ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University School of Nursing at Indianapolis   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; End of life care; Family caregiving; Intervention; Self care

Indexed keywords

EID: 85054118083     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-417046-9.00017-9     Document Type: Chapter

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