title: Alzheimer's disease: the roles of the home health nurse and the caregiver.
abstract: A family's discomfort or inability to deal with nearly unmanageable situations involved with the home-based Alzheimer's patient can negatively influence the care given. Here the home health nurse's role as educator becomes paramount.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Joyce
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kirksey
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D011368:Professional-Family Relations