Measures for enhancing the mobility of older people with dementia in Japan: Should it be a matter of self-help?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2048-2049

  Mizuno, Yoko ^a   Arai, Asuna ^a   Arai, Yumiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMENTIA; DRIVING ABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; AGED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SELF CARE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 78049375086     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03097.x     Document Type: Letter

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