The relation of patient dependence to home health aide use in Alzheimer's disease

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1005-1009

  Scherer, Rachel K ^a   Scarmeas, Nikolaos ^a   Brandt, Jason ^b   Blacker, Deborah ^c   Albert, Marilyn S ^b   Stern, Yaakov ^a,d  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dependence scale; Home health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEPENDENCE SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 54249158466     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.9.1005     Document Type: Article

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