Dementia and Alzheimer's disease: A practical orientation

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-127

  Abraham, Ivo L ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Matrix45 ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CAUSALITY; COGNITION; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 32944468423     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2005.10.001     Document Type: Review

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