Effectiveness of family meetings for family caregivers on delaying time to nursing home placement of dementia patients: a randomized trial.

<h4>Background</h4>Interventions relieving the burden of caregiving may postpone or prevent patient institutionalization. The objective of this study was to determine whether a family meetings intervention was superior to usual care in postponing nursing home placement of patients with d...

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Main Authors: Karlijn J Joling, Harm W J van Marwijk, Henriëtte E van der Horst, Philip Scheltens, Peter M van de Ven, Bregje A Appels, Hein P J van Hout
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22876304/pdf/?tool=EBI