Open AccessSocial determinants of dementia and caregivers' perspectives in the field practice villages of Rural Health Training Centre, Thiruvennainallur
Author(s) -
J. Gurukartick,
Amol R Dongre,
Dharav Shah
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.173952
Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , family caregivers , qualitative research , exploratory research , gerontology , socioeconomic status , government (linguistics) , family medicine , population , nursing , disease , environmental health , social science , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , sociology , anthropology
(1) To find out the prevalence of dementia in the study population and its social determinants. (2) To explore the family caregivers' perceptions and their support needs.