The impact of dementia on care transitions during the last two years of life

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-57

  Aaltonen, Mari ^a   Rissanen, Pekka ^a   Forma, Leena ^a   Raitanen, Jani ^a   Jylhä, Marja ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Care transition; Dementia; End of life care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARE TRANSITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 83455169275     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr133     Document Type: Article

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