Improving the quality of care for mild to moderate dementia: An evaluation of the Croydon Memory Service Model

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 782-788

  Banerjee, Sube ^a,b   Willis, Rosalind ^a   Matthews, David ^b   Contell, Faith ^b   Chan, Jeni ^a,b   Murray, Joanna ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Early intervention; Health services research; Quality improvement; Quality of life; Service evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CARE; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATE MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548209635     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1741     Document Type: Article

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