A longitudinal examination of agitation and resident characteristics in the nursing home

Gerontologist

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 642-649

  Burgio, Louis D ^a   Park, Nan Sook ^a   Michael Hardin, J ^a   Sun, Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitation; Direct observation; Longitudinal methods; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME BEHAVIOR PROBLEM SCALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATION; RATING SCALE; SELF CARE;

EID: 36348971052     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/47.5.642     Document Type: Article

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