Cognitive developmental approach to dementia

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-240

  Matteson, Mary Ann ^a,b   Linton, Adrianne D ^a,b   Barnes, Susan J ^b  

^a Department of Chronic Nursing Care ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Cognition; Developmental

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MODEL; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030237510     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1996.tb00357.x     Document Type: Article

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