An evaluation of two models of long-term residential care for elderly people with dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-241

  Skea, Derek ^a   Lindesay, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Domus; Long stay wards; Long term care; Quality of care; QUIS

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SELF CARE;

EID: 0029918201     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199603)11:3<233::AID-GPS313>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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