Nurse aides' identification of onset and level of agitation in late stage dementia patients

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 202-206

  Whall, Ann L ^a   Black, Margaret E A ^b   Yankou, Dawn J ^c   Groh, Carla J ^d   Kupferschmid, Barbara J ^a   Little, Roderick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RESEARCH; TRAINING;

EID: 0032863344     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331759901400408     Document Type: Article

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