Information for dementia patients and their caregivers: What information does a memory clinic pass on, and to whom?

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-38

  Vernooij Dassen, Myrra J F J ^a   Van Hout, H P J ^b   Hund, K L M ^a   Hoefnagels, W H L ^a   Grol, R P T M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPETENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 12244274307     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360786021000045845     Document Type: Article

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