Elders with dementia living in the community with and without caregivers: An epidemiological study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-250

  Prescop, Krista L ^a   Dodge, Hiroko H ^a   Morycz, Richard K ^b   Schulz, Richard M ^b   Ganguli, Mary ^a,b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032848754     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610299005803     Document Type: Article

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