Improving caregivers' well-being by using technology to manage nighttime activity in persons with dementia

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-48

  Spring, Heather J ^a   Rowe, Meredeth A ^a   Kelly, Annette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; UNCERTAINTY; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NIGHT CARE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 71449103724     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20090101-10     Document Type: Article

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