A stimulation-retreat special care unit for elders with dementing illness

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 379-395

  Lawton, M Powell ^a,c   Van Haitsma, Kimberly ^a   Klapper, Jennifer ^a,b   Kleban, Morton H ^a   Katz, Ira R ^b   Corn, Julie ^a  

^a Temple University Health Sciences Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c POLISHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; MODEL; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; DEMENTIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHILADELPHIA; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032411942     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161029800547X     Document Type: Article

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