Acute care management of older people with dementia: A qualitative perspective

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 420-428

  Moyle, Wendy ^a   Borbasi, Sally ^a,b   Wallis, Marianne ^a   Olorenshaw, Rachel ^a   Gracia, Natalie ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute care; Care management; Dementia; Nurses; Nursing; Older people

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 78651243885     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03521.x     Document Type: Article

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