An Italian model of dementia special care unit: Results of a pilot study

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-56

  Bianchetti, Angelo ^a,c   Benvenuti, Paolo ^b   Ghisla, Karin M ^a   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^a   Trabucchi, Marco ^a  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^b Pietro Cadeo Nursing Home   (Italy)

^c S Cuore Fatebenefratelli Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioral disturbances; Dementia; Physical restraints; Special care units

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF TRAINING; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030892167     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-199703000-00009     Document Type: Article

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