People with severe dementia exhibit episodes of lucidity. A population-based study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1413-1417

  Normann, Hans K ^a   Asplund, Kenneth ^a   Karlsson, Stig ^b   Sandman, Per Olof ^c   Norberg, Astrid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dementia; Episodes of lucidity; MDDAS scale; Nursing care; Population based study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33749847221     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01505.x     Document Type: Article

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