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Caring for the Caregiver: Redefining the Definition of Patient -IU Study Finds 25% of family caregivers of AD patients Go To ER Or Are Hospitalized
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2008-11-10 16:23
One quarter of all family caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients succumb to the stress of providing care to a loved one and become hospital patients themselves, according to an Indiana University study published in the November 2008 issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
INDIANAPOLIS — One quarter of all family caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients succumb to the stress of providing care to a loved one and become hospital patients themselves, according to an Indiana University study published in the November 2008 issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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