Factors associated with self and informant ratings of the quality of life of people with dementia living in care facilities: A cross sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Beer, Christopher ^a,b   Flicker, Leon ^a,b   Horner, Barbara ^c   Bretland, Nick ^d   Scherer, Samuel ^e   Lautenschlager, Nicola T ^a,f,g   Schaper, Frank ^h   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Rowethorpe Medical Centre   (Australia)

^e Royal Freemasons' Homes of Victoria   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h Alzheimer's Australia WA Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FALLING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE SCALE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SELF EVALUATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 78650789427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015621     Document Type: Article

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