Family Members as Case Managers: Partnership Between the Formal and Informal Support Networks.

Seltzer, Marsha Mailick; And Others

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Publication Date: 1987

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Family Members as Case Managers: Partnership Between the Formal and Informal Support Networks.

Seltzer, Marsha Mailick; And Others

Gerontologist, v27 n6 p722-28 Dec 1987

Randomly assigned elderly persons to either experimental group (N=81) in which family members participated in case management training program, or to control group (N=76). Following training, family members in experimental group performed significantly greater number of case management tasks on behalf of elderly relatives than did family members in control group. (Author)

Descriptors: Caregivers, Family Role, Older Adults, Social Support Groups

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