Predictors of institutionalization for people with dementia living at home with a carer

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 682-690

  Hope, Tony ^a   Keene, Janet ^a,b   Gedling, Kathy ^a   Fairburn, Christopher G ^b   Jacoby, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Behaviour; Dementia; Institutionalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCONTINENCE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031753385     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(1998100)13:10<682::AID-GPS847>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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