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Is caring for elderly relatives with depression as stressful as caring for those with dementia?
 — a pilot study in Melbourne
Author(s)R Yeatman, K Bennetts, N Allen, D Ames, L Flicker, W Waltrowicz
Journal titleInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 8, no 4, April 1993
Pagespp 339-342
KeywordsDementia ; Depression ; Family care ; Stress ; Australasia.
AnnotationConcludes that caregivers to dementia sufferers showed higher levels of stress than caregivers to elderly depressed persons, but that this is almost entirely accounted for by the fact that most dementia carers live with their ill relatives.
Accession NumberCPA-930929038 A
ClassmarkEA: ENR: P6:SJ: QNH: 7Y

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