'Friendship' interactions and expression of agitation among residents of a dementia care unit: Six-month observational data

Research on Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 188-205

  Kutner, Nancy G ^a   Brown, Peter J ^b   Stavisky, Ronda C ^c   Clark, W Scott ^d   Green, Robert C ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; WELLBEING;

EID: 0033969680     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027500222005     Document Type: Article

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