Journal article
Understanding the educational and support needs of informal care-givers of people with dementia attending an outpatient geriatric assessment clinic
Abstract
Abstract
Informal (unpaid) care-givers of older people with dementia experience stress and isolation, causing physical and psychiatric morbidity. Comprehensive geriatric assessment clinics represent an important geriatrician-led model of dementia care. Our qualitative study examined the educational and support needs of care-givers of people diagnosed with dementia at a geriatric assessment clinic, resources used to address …
Authors
Ringer TJ; Wong-Pack M; Miller P; Patterson C; Marr S; Misiaszek B; Woo T; Sztramko R; Vastis PG; Papaioannou A
Journal
Ageing and Society, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 205–228
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
1 2020
DOI
10.1017/s0144686x18000971
ISSN
0144-686X