Identification and measurement of productive behaviors in senile dementia of the alzheimer type

Gerontologist

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 403-408

  Baum, Carolyn ^a   Edwards, Dorothy F ^a   Morrow Howell, Nancy ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cognitive impairment; Function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENILE DEMENTIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027174811     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/33.3.403     Document Type: Article

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