Quality of life for people with dementia living in residential and nursing home care: The impact of performance on activities of daily living, behavioral and psychological symptoms, language skills, and psychotropic drugs

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-106

  Ballard, Clive ^a   O'Brien, John ^a   James, Ian ^a   Mynt, Pat ^a   Lana, Marisa ^a   Potkins, Dawn ^a   Reichelt, Katharina ^a   Lee, Lesley ^a   Swann, Alan ^a   Fossey, Jane ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STAFF TRAINING; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 17744366787     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610201007499     Document Type: Article

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