Predictors of outcomes from a ward for demented elderly: Gender differences

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-28

  Ono, Toshiyuki ^a   Tamai, Akira ^a   Takeuchi, Daisuke ^a   Tamai, Yuzuru ^a  

^a Tsuruga Onsen Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Outcome; Predictor; Ward for demented elderly

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; FAMILY RELATION; FORECASTING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; JAPAN; NURSING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956932245     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2010.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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