Dementia Management: An Occupational Therapy Home-Based Intervention for Caregivers
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Dementia management: an occupational therapy home-based intervention for caregivers.
This paper describes an occupational therapy intervention designed for family caregivers of persons with dementia. The intervention, based on the framework of a competence-environmental press model and the principle of collaboration, was implemented during 5 home visits. Each visit was designed to build caregiving skills through collaboration in identifying problem areas, developing and impleme...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Occupational Therapy
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0272-9490
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.46.9.801