Telephone use among noninstitutionalized persons with dementia living alone: Mapping out difficulties and response strategies

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-249

  Nygård, Louise ^a,b   Starkhammar, Sofia ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community elderly care; Dementia; Response strategies; Telephone use

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SAFETY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEPHONE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SELF CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TELEPHONE;

EID: 17744404431     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-6712.2003.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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