The development and validation of the Dementia Quality of Life Scale for Older Family Carers (DQoL-OC)

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The development and validation of the Dementia Quality of Life Scale for Older Family Carers (DQoL-OC)

Purpose: Little is known about how caregiving affects the quality of life (QoL) of older family carers and no dementia and age-specific QoL scale is available for use with this population. This study aimed to develop and validate a unique dementia caregiving- and age-specific tool – the ‘Dementia Qu...

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Main Authors:	De Oliveira, Deborah Christina, Vass, Catherine D., Aubeeluck, Aimee
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2017
Subjects:	Quality of life Caregivers Dementia Psychometrics Rating scale
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41110/

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