Grief among family members of nursing home residents with advanced dementia

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 543-550

  Givens, Jane L ^a,b   Prigerson, Holly G ^c   Kiely, Dan K ^a   Shaffer, Michele L ^d   Mitchell, Susan L ^a,b  

^a Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; grief; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM;

EID: 79958806038     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31820dcbe0     Document Type: Article

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