Predictors of caregiver unawareness and nontreatment of dementia among residents of assisted living facilities: The Maryland assisted living study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 668-675

  Maust, Donovan T ^a   Onyike, Chiadi U ^a,b   Sheppard, Jeannie Marie E ^a,c   Mayer, Lawrence S ^a   Samus, Quincy M ^a   Brandt, Jason ^a,b   Rabins, Peter V ^a,b   Lyketsos, Constantine G ^a,b   Rosenblatt, Adam ^a,b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The Copper Ridge Institute   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted living; Dementia awareness; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746877165     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000209214.28172.45     Document Type: Article

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