Resilience in caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease: A human condition to overcome caregiver vulnerability

Abstract In general, the experience of providing assistance to and dealing with the complications experienced by a person with Alzheimer's disease puts caregivers in a situation of high risk, vulnerability, and stress, causing serious physical and emotional problems. However, some caregivers ad...

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Main Authors: Bernardino Fernández-Calvo, Israel Contador Castillo, Francisco Ramos Campos, Virginia Menezes de Lucena e Carvalho, Joenilton Cazé da Silva, Nelson Torro-Alves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Series:Estudos de Psicologia (Natal)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-294X2016000200125&lng=en&tlng=en