Have we forgotten about dementia in care homes? The importance of maintaining survey research in this sector

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-6

  Bisla, Jatinder ^a   Calem, Maria ^a   Begum, Aysha ^a   Stewart, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 78650360660     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq150     Document Type: Editorial

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