In-home assessment of dementia by nurses: Experience using the CERAD evaluations

Gerontologist

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 406-409

  Trapp Moen, Barbara ^a   Tyrey, Mary ^b   Cook, Gail ^b   Heyman, Albert ^c   Fillenbaum, Gerda G ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Diagnosis; In home evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NURSE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; TRAINING;

EID: 0035006272     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/41.3.406     Document Type: Article

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