Elopement among community-dwelling older adults with dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-72

  Chung, Jenny C C ^a   Lai, Claudia K Y ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

caregiver education; Chinese elderly; dementia; elopement; wandering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79951678329     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210000657     Document Type: Article

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