Many societies are facing the challenge of caring for the increasing number of people
with dementia. As well as providing symptomatic treatment to patients, healthcare
practitioners have to deal with the needs of family caregivers who are at elevated
risk for depression and health problems. Programs to support caregivers to exercise
their role in the long term and to reduce the likelihood of adverse health outcomes
are urgently needed.
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Publication history
Published online: November 10, 2017
Accepted:
November 2,
2017
Received:
October 15,
2017
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© 2017 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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