AwareCare: Development and validation of an observational measure of awareness in people with severe dementia

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-133

  Clare, Linda ^a   Whitaker, Rhiannon ^b   Quinn, Catherine ^a   Jelley, Hannah ^a   Hoare, Zoe ^b   Woods, Bob ^b   Downs, Murna ^c   Wilson, Barbara ^d  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d The Princess of Wales Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Behaviour; Caregiving; Quality of life; Staff training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CLASSIFICATION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84856874031     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2011.640467     Document Type: Article

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