Quality of life and dementia: The voice of the person with dementia

Dementia

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-191

  Moyle, Wendy ^a   Mcallister, Margaret ^b   Venturato, Lorraine ^a   Adams, Trevor ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Length of stay; Older people; Relationships; Residential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547659324     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301207080362     Document Type: Article

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