Memory Care and Wellness Services: Efficacy of Specialized Dementia Care in Adult Day Services
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The Family's Experience of Sharing the Care of a Person with Dementia with the Services in Specialized Day-Care Units
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عنوان ژورنال: The Gerontologist
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0016-9013,1758-5341
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnu012