Dementia, a progressive disease: severe dementia. Identification of end-stage dementia;Demencia, una enfermedad evolutiva: demencia severa. Identificación de demencia terminal

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 2-8

  Formiga, Francesc ^a   Robles, M José ^b   Fort, Isabel ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE L ESPERANÇA   (Spain)

^c Centro Sociosanitario El Carmen   (Spain)

Author keywords

Advanced dementia; Dementia; Elderly; Terminally ill

Indexed keywords

DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINAL CARE;

AGED; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 76749170209     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: 15781747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regg.2009.05.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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