Quality of long-term care as reported by residents with dementia

Alzheimer's Care Today

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 344-359

  Gill, Karminder S ^a,b,d   Williams, Christianna S ^a   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^b   Uman, Gwen C ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c W E Research   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted living; Nursing homes; Quality of care; Residential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649963353     PISSN: 19363001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALCAT.0000297155.97526.f4     Document Type: Article

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