Where does risk feature in community care practice with older people with dementia who live alone?

Dementia

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-222

  Waugh, Fran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Living alone; Older people; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449158350     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301209103255     Document Type: Article

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