Quality in long-term care homes for people with dementia: An assessment of specialist provision

Ageing and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 649-668

  Reilly, Siobhan ^a   Abendstern, Michele ^a   Hughes, Jane ^a   Challis, David ^a   Venables, Dan ^a   Pedersen, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Long term care; Quality; Residential; Specialist

Indexed keywords

AGING; ELDERLY CARE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745025737     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X06004909     Document Type: Article

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