Changes over one year in assistive device use and home modifications by home-based older persons with Alzheimer's disease

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 9-16

  Mann, William C ^a   Hurren, M Dianne ^a   Charvat, Barbara A ^a   Tomita, Machiko R ^b  

^a Department of Occupational Therapy ^*

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; Alzheimer's disease; assistive devices; functional independence; home modifications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNICAL AID;

EID: 0029830314     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-199612000-00004     Document Type: Article

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