Maintenance of mobility in residents of an Alzheimer special care facility

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-224

  Saxton, Judith ^a,d   Silverman, Myrna ^b   Ricci, Edmund ^b   Keane, Christopher ^b   Deeley, Beth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Presbyterian Senior Care   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING HOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; TIME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; PENNSYLVANIA; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 0031878691     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610298005328     Document Type: Article

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