The Kintun program for families with dementia: From novel experiment to national policy (innovative practice)

Dementia (London). 2020 Feb;19(2):488-495. doi: 10.1177/1471301217721863. Epub 2017 Aug 4.

Authors

Jean Gajardo¹, José M Aravena², Marilú Budinich³, Alberto Larraín⁴, Patricio Fuentes⁵, Laura N Gitlin⁶

Affiliations

¹ University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
² INTA University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; Bernardo O'Higgins University, Santiago, Chile.
³ Kintun Center, Santiago, Chile.
⁴ Ministry of Health, Santiago, Chile.
⁵ University of Chile Clinical Hospital, Santiago, Chile; Hospital del Salvador, Santiago, Chile.
⁶ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.

PMID: 28776418
DOI: 10.1177/1471301217721863

No abstract available

Keywords: community integration; day care; dementia; family caregivers; health policy; social support.

MeSH terms

Caregivers / psychology*
Chile
Dementia / nursing*
Humans
Program Development
Social Support*