Wanderers with cognitive impairment in Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home care units

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 692-699

  Schonfeld, Lawrence ^a   King Kallimanis, Bellinda ^a   Brown, Lisa M ^a   Davis, Darlene M ^b   Kearns, William D ^a   Molinari, Victor A ^a   Werner, Dennis H ^b   Beattie, Elizabeth R ^b   Nelson, Audrey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Disruptive behavior; Nursing home residents; Veterans Affairs; Wanderers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; SAMPLE SIZE; WANDERING BEHAVIOR; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; WALKING;

EID: 34247559878     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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