Care of dementia and other mental disorders in assisted living facilities: New research and borrowed knowledge

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1771-1773

  Ruckdeschel, Katy ^a   Katz, Ira R ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOSIS; SCIENCE; AGED; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; DEMENTIA; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 6944237343     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52476.x     Document Type: Editorial

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