Friends and Social Support in Dementia Caregiving: ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by SLACK, Inc. in Journal of Gerontological Nursing
- Vol. 29 (1) , 29-36
- https://doi.org/10.3928/0098-9134-20030101-10
Abstract
Journal of Gerontological Nursing | ABSTRACTThe purpose of this article is to explore the topic of friends as a spontaneously occurring response in open-ended interviews with dementia caregivers and to propose guidelines for assessment and intervention based on current knowledge. The sample includes 176 open-ended baseline interviews with dementia caregivers from the National Caregivers Training Study, a 4-year multi-site,Keywords
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