Group-living care: An alternative for the demented elderly

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-142

  Annerstedt, Lena ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dementia; Group living care; Level of dementia; Psychosocial environment and physical milieu

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030947761     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106620     Document Type: Article

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