Predictors of quality of life for individuals with dementia: Implications for intervention

Dementia

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 543-560

  Menne, Heather L ^a   Judge, Katherine S ^b   Whitlatch, Carol J ^a  

^a Benjamin Rose Institute   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual model; Interventions; Stress process; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649130096     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301209350288     Document Type: Article

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