Dementia Care Mapping (DCM): Initial validation of DCM 8 in UK field trials

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1018-1025

  Brooker, Dawn J ^a   Surr, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DCM; DCM 8; Dementia; Person centred care; Quality of care; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; DEMENTIA; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33751096433     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1600     Document Type: Article

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