Care at home for people with dementia: As in a total institution?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-24

  Askham, Janet ^a,b   Briggs, Kate ^a   Norman, Ian ^a   Redfern, Sally ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PICKER INSTITUTE EUROPE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Dementia; Family care giving; Home; Routines; Self; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847269292     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X06005307     Document Type: Article

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