Under-recognition of dementia in long-term care homes in Hong Kong

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 516-520

  Cheng, Sheung Tak ^a   Lam, Linda C W ^b   Chow, Pizza K ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

dementia; nursing homes; under recognition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859725817     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.630377     Document Type: Article

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