Financial management and elderly people with dementia in the U.K.: As much a question of confusion as abuse?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-314

  Langan, Joan ^a   Means, Robin ^a  

^a School for Policy Studies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charging for services; Community care; Elder abuse; Elderly people with dementia; Financial abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842488465     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X00003433     Document Type: Article

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