Mexican American elders with dementia in long term care

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 83-96

  Espino, David V ^a,b   Mouton, Charles P ^a,b   Aguila, David Del ^a,b   Parker, Robert W ^a,b   Lewis, Richard M ^a,b   Miles, Toni P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Elders; Long term care; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERONTOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 0035683718     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v23n03_08     Document Type: Article

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