Reporting on psychological well-being of older adults with chronic aphasia in the context of unaffected peers

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-228

  Cruice, Madeline ^a   Worrall, Linda ^b   Hickson, Louise ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

aphasia; elderly; Well being

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUE; SATISFACTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; APHASIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE;

EID: 78650486480     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2010.503835     Document Type: Article

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