Nursing home admission of female Alzheimer's patients: Family care aspects

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-7

  Young, Rosalie F ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037273403     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-3867(03)00002-1     Document Type: Article

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