'Not knowing where I am doesn't mean I don't know what I like': Cognitive impairment and quality of life responses in elderly people

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 776-783

  Mozley, Caroline Godlove ^a,b   Huxley, Peter ^a   Sutcliffe, Caroline ^a   Bagley, Heather ^a   Burns, Alistair ^a   Challis, David ^a   Cordingley, Lis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BOOTHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care homes; Cognitive impairment; Elderly; Interviewability; MMSE; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING HOMES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0032822967     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199909)14:9<776::AID-GPS13>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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