Conceptualising quality of life for older people with aphasia

Aphasiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-347

  Cruice, Madeline ^a   Hill, Ruth ^a   Worrall, Linda ^b   Hickson, Louise ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acitivites; Aphasia; Conceptual; Factors; Older people; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL LIFE; STROKE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WALKING;

EID: 77950957581     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030802565849     Document Type: Article

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