Changing practice in dementia care for people in care homes towards the end of life

Dementia

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 424-431

  Evans, Catherine ^a   Goodman, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care homes; Dementia; End of life; Older people

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949160405     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14713012090080030703     Document Type: Article

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