Dementia-Specific Quality of Life Instruments and Their Appropriateness in Shared-Housing Arrangements-A Literature Study

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 204-216

  Gräske, Johannes ^a   Fischer, Thomas ^b   Kuhlmey, Adelheid ^c   Wolf Ostermann, Karin ^d  

^a ALICE SALOMON UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c Institute of Medical Sociology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; HOUSING; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

DEMENTIA; HOUSING; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84861700061     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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