Supporting the friendships of people with dementia

Dementia

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-303

  Ward, Richard ^a   Howorth, Mike ^b   Wilkinson, Heather ^c   Campbell, Sarah ^a   Keady, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dementia; friendships; neighbourhoods; peer support; personal communities; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859897008     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301211421064     Document Type: Article

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