Evaluating the quality of life of people with dementia in residential care facilities

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-44

  Nakanishi, Kosuke ^a,b   Hanihara, Tokiji ^a   Mutai, Hitoshi ^a   Nakaaki, Shutaro ^c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Health Care Facility for the Elderly   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Depression; Quality of life; Residential care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 80051590220     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329443     Document Type: Article

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