This article aims to explore spouse caregivers’ means of coping with the disease and compare them based on the age of onset of the disease in order to adapt support programs. The statistical results show that some strategies were used by the two groups of caregivers. However, when differences emerged, the “Planning” strategy was used by spouse caregivers of PEOD (of persons with early onset dementia ), whereas the “Re-arranging”, “Humor” and “Getting away from the entourage” strategies were used by spouse caregivers of PLOD (persons with late-onset dementia)
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