JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 265-270 , May 2007

Working With Families in Long-Term Care

  • Daniel Bluestein, MD, MS, CMD, AGSF

      Affiliations

    • Geriatrics Division, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Daniel Bluestein, MD, MS, CMD, AGSF, Geriatrics Division, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 721 Fairfax Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23507.
    • ,
  • Patricia Latham Bach, PsyD, RN, MS

      Affiliations

    • Kaiser-Permanente Center for Neuropsychological Services, Sacramento, CA.

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 Earlier versions of this article were presented as seminars at the AMDA 29th Annual Symposium, Dallas, TX, March 17, 2006, and the 39th Annual Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 27, 2006, and as a workshop at the 2006 Annual Scientific Meeting, American Geriatrics Society, Chicago, IL, May 5, 2006.The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1525-8610(06)00624-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.12.022

JAMDA
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 265-270 , May 2007

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