Specific care program for the older adults: Memory Clinics

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-131

  Monsch, A U ^a   Kressig, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerad; Dementia; Gait assessment; MCI; Memory clinic

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PSYCHIATRIST; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77953575243     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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