Support groups for caregivers of patients with Dementia: A comparative study

Abstract Since the dementias lead to the need for caregivers, a Group for Dementia Caregivers (GC) was set up where the present study compared the psychosocial characteristics, quality of life and caregiver overload in a Group For Dementia Caregivers (GC) with caregivers not involved in this scheme...

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Main Authors: Maria Paula Foss, Celmira Lange, José Humberto Silva Filho, Fabiana Brunini, Francisco A. Carvalho do Vale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642007000200196&lng=en&tlng=en