The meaning of living with dementia and disturbing behaviour as narrated by three persons admitted to a residential home

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1397-1403

  Graneheim, Ulla H ^a   Jansson, Lilian ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dementia; Nurses; Nursing; Older people; Ricoeur

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NARRATION; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 33749852485     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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