Dying With Dementia in Long-Term Care

Gerontologist

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 741-751

  Sloane, Philip D ^a,c   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^a,b   Williams, Christianna S ^b   Hanson, Laura C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted living; End of life care; Nursing homes; Palliative care; Residential care facilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 59049105129     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/48.6.741     Document Type: Article

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