Getting lost in the community: A phone survey on the community-dwelling demented people in Hong Kong

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-432

  Kwok, Timothy C Y ^a,b   Yuen, Kenneth S L ^a   Ho, Florence K Y ^a   Chan, W M ^c  

^a Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing   (Hong Kong)

^b Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dementia; Getting lost; Wandering

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; DAY CARE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRIEND; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPOUSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; ORIENTATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77949531331     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2361     Document Type: Article

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