Day care for persons with dementia: An alternative for whom?

Dementia

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-43

  Måvall, Lena ^a   Malmberg, Bo ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavioral problems; Day care; Dementia; Support for caregivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447253997     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301207075627     Document Type: Article

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