The impact of day care on people with dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 813-817

  Curran, Julie S M ^a,b  

^a Royal Victoria Hospital Edinburgh   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Day care; Dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAY CARE; DEMENTIA; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029777346     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199609)11:9<813::AID-GPS386>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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