Gender and interactions between care staff and elderly nursing home residents with dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 344-348

  Lindesay, James ^a   Skea, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Gender; Nursing home; QUIS; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING HOMES; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030938284     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199703)12:3<344::AID-GPS504>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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