Assessment of insomnia in high level residential aged care facility residents

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 201-204

  Scherer, Samuel C ^a,b   Rule, Jeanette ^a,b   Fischer, Melanie ^b   Jacobs, Elizabeth ^b   Dobson, Lois ^b   De La Rue, Heather ^b   Browning, Michael ^b   Duffus, Josephine ^b   Gibson, Stephen J ^c   Darzins, Peteris ^d  

^a Royal Freemasons' Homes of Victoria ^*  (Australia)

^b Royal Freemasons Homes of Victoria   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Insomnia; Nursing home; Sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549036278     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2007.00260.x     Document Type: Review

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