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Researchers, please take due care of the formal caregivers in nursing homes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2020

Terence W. H. Chong*
Affiliation:
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, St. George’s Hospital, Kew, Victoria, Australia
Edmond Chiu
Affiliation:
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, St. George’s Hospital, Kew, Victoria, Australia

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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2020

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