Caregiving for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Research • Practice • Policy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zarit, Steven H. (Editor), Talley, Ronda C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Caregiving: Research • Practice • Policy,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Public health.; Geriatrics.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Social policy.; Social work.; Clinical psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Social Work.; Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Social Policy.; Educational Policy and Politics.

Assisting someone with Alzheimer’s disease or another illness that causes dementia is incredibly demanding and stressful for the family. Like many disabling conditions, Alzheimer’s disease leads to difficulty or inability to carry out common activities of daily life, and so family members take over...