Overload of families taking care of elderly people with Alzheimer's Disease: a comparative study

OBJECTIVE: to compare the overload of the main and secondary family carers of patients with Alzheimer's Disease, and identify which dimension generates most impact. METHOD: a comparative study conducted in the city of Maringá, State of Paraná, with 20 primary carers of elderly patients wit...

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Main Authors: Ana Carla Borghi, Vivian Carla de Castro, Sonia Silva Marcon, Lígia Carreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-07-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692013000400876&lng=en&tlng=en