Domestic violence and elderly dementia sufferers

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-23

  Flannery Jr , Raymond B ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Department of Mental Health   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assailants; Dementia sufferers; Domestic violence; Homecare; Interventions; Long term care

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; PUBLICATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037274618     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331750301800107     Document Type: Article

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