Dementia dashboard: A proactive risk reduction management guideline

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 228-242

  Dalsania, Parag ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Dementia guideline; Dementia management; Risk reduction

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; LONG ACTING DRUG; NARCOTIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG INFORMATION; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747380996     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-200607000-00005     Document Type: Review

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