Nested social groups within the social environment of a dementia care assisted living setting

Dementia

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 383-399

  Doyle, Patrick J ^a   de Medeiros, Kate ^b   Saunders, Pamela A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; long term care; nested social groups; social environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859882583     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301211421188     Document Type: Article

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