Predictors of Nursing Home Placement in African Americans with Dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 445-452

  Gaugler, Joseph E ^a   Leach, Corinne R ^b   Clay, Ted ^c   Newcomer, Robert C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Clay Software and Statistics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiving; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC CARE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; RACE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NURSING HOMES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542615063     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52120.x     Document Type: Article

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