Difficult behaviour and dementia in nursing homes: Five cases of psychosocial intervention

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-208

  Moniz Cook, Esme ^a   Stokes, Graham ^b   Agar, Sharon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SELF CARE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 3242765854     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.370     Document Type: Article

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