Transcultural influences in dementia care: Observations from a psychosocial intervention study

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 417-423

  Burns, Alistair ^a   Mittelman, Mary ^d   Cole, Catherine ^b   Morris, Julie ^c   Winter, Jane ^b   Page, Sean ^b   Brodaty, Henry ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agitation; Aromatherapy; Dementia care; Donepezil; transcultural influences

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; DONEPEZIL; NOOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; COUNSELING; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW YORK; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 78149324197     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314860     Document Type: Article

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