Managing dementia agitation in residential aged care

Dementia

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 299-315

  Bidewell, John W ^a   Chang, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

agitation; dementia; prevention; residential aged care; treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960578801     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301211407789     Document Type: Article

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