Expectations and experience of moving to a care home: Perceptions of older people with dementia

Dementia

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-18

  Thein, Nwe Winn ^a   D'Souza, Geraldine ^b   Sheehan, Bart ^c  

^a University of Warwick and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c Honorary Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care homes; Dementia; Depression; Permanent care

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955416623     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301210392971     Document Type: Article

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