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Download full textZarit, Steven H. – 1983
A widespread bias exists among legal, medical, and social service professionals that the appropriate placement for elderly individuals with cognitive impairment (dementia) is a nursing home. Two major reasons for institutionalization are to remove the patient from a potentially harmful situation and to relieve the family of the burden of care.…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Dementia, Family Programs
