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Families and dementia

✍ Scribed by P. L. Huckle

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
657 KB
Volume
9
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-6230

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Carers of elderly people with dementia are under considerable stress coping with the burdens of caring. This review looks at carers' stress and the psychological interventions available to help them. These include group therapy, behavioural approaches, psychoeducational techniques, family therapy and potentially more cost‐effective approaches such as the provision of telephone helplines for carers.

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