Medication management for community-dwelling older people with dementia and chronic illness

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-35

  Kralik, Debbie ^a   Visentin, Kate ^a,d   March, Geoff ^b   Anderson, Barbara ^b   Gilbert, Andrew ^b   Boyce, Merilyn ^c,e  

^a Research Unit   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SA Divisions of General Practice Inc

^d Royal District Nursing Service Research Unit   (Australia)

^e SA Divisions of General Practice Incorporated   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Community health; Dementia; Home medication review; Medication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 42149186993     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY08004     Document Type: Article

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