'You can get in alright but you can't get out': Social exclusion and men with dementia in nursing homes: Insights from a single case study

Quality in Ageing

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 16-26

  Bartlett, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Masculinity; Nursing homes; Older men; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950758921     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200700009     Document Type: Article

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