Confronting elder mistreatment in long-term care

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 30-35

  Gibbs, Lisa M ^a   Mosqueda, Laura ^a,b  

^a Department of Family Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; AGED; AGGRESSION; ALERTNESS; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGLECT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SELF CARE; ULCER; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VICTIM;

EID: 2942557021     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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