An activity program for cognitively impaired low-income inner city residents

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 54-62

  Baum, Carolyn M ^b   McGeary, Theresa ^b   Pankiewicz, Richard ^b   Braford, Theresa ^b   Edwards, Dorothy F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

activity group; cognitively impaired; congregate housing; low income

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029807040     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-199612000-00008     Document Type: Article

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