A Psychoeducational Model for Hispanic Alzheimer's Disease Caregivers
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A psychoeducational model for Hispanic Alzheimer's disease caregivers.
PURPOSE More than 14 million persons are projected to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD) by the year 2020; therefore, it is not surprising that the literature contains numerous caregiver intervention studies. What is surprising is that although minority elders represent one of the fastest growing segments of the older population, they are seldom discussed in the intervention literature....
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عنوان ژورنال: The Gerontologist
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1758-5341,0016-9013
DOI: 10.1093/geront/42.1.122