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Carers' Stories : Walking Alongside a Person with Dementia.
It is estimated that 750,000 people are living with dementia in the UK and 500,000 partners, family members and friends are involved in caring for someone with dementia at a value of £6 billion a year, if care was provided by health and social care services (Department of Health, 2009). This book is...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | It is estimated that 750,000 people are living with dementia in the UK and 500,000 partners, family members and friends are involved in caring for someone with dementia at a value of £6 billion a year, if care was provided by health and social care services (Department of Health, 2009). This book is about hearing the stories of six carers; half the carers identified as lesbian or gay. The findings were illuminating, as the carers did not experience the person with dementia as a burden, but r ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (147 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443863650 1443863653 130694841X 9781306948418 1443851493 9781443851497 |