A study of the characteristics of the dementia patients and caregivers in dementia-nonspecific adult day care programs

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 654-659

  Cefalu, Charles A ^a,b   Ettinger, Walter H ^a   Espeland, Mark ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; DAY CARE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0029929020     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01827.x     Document Type: Article

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