Symbolic meaning of relocation to a residential care facility for persons with dementia

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 487-496

  Aminzadeh, Faranak ^a   Dalziel, William B ^a   Molnar, Frank J ^a   Garcia, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dementia; Quality of life; Residential transition; Subjective meanings

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; CANADA; LIFE EVENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67949085224     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802607314     Document Type: Article

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