A qualitative examination of the phenomenon of sundowning

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-258

  Nowak, Luann ^a,b   Davis, Jean E ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cohn Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Qualitative; Sleep wake disruption; Sundowning; Temporal patterns

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; TIME;

EID: 34548273023     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2007.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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