Perspectives on Components of an Online Training and Support Program for Dementia Family Caregivers in India: A Focus Group Study

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 518-532

  Baruah, Upasana ^a   Shivakumar, Prafulla ^a   Loganathan, Santosh ^a   Pot, Anne Margriet ^b,f,g,h   Mehta, Kala M ^c   Gallagher Thompson, Dolores ^d,e   Dua, Tarun ^b   Varghese, Mathew ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g Ministry of Health Welfare and Sport Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; family caregivers; focus groups; India; online training and support program

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; RURAL POPULATION;

CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INDIA; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 85089652098     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2020.1725703     Document Type: Article

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