Special care units for dementia in nursing homes: A controlled study of effectiveness

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL.1, 1998, Pages 215-224

  Frisoni, G B ^a,b   Gozzetti, A ^a   Bignamini, V ^a   Vellas, B J ^c   Berger, A K ^d   Bianchetti, A ^a,b   Rozzini, R ^a   Trabucchi, M ^a  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c IRIT   (France)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Behavior in dementia; Long term care; Special care units

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; IRRITABILITY; ITALY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SWEDEN;

EUPHORIA;

EID: 0031659155     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(98)80031-9     Document Type: Article

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