The effects of evacuation on nursing home residents with dementia

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 406-412

  Brown, Lisa M ^a   Dosa, David M ^b,c   Thomas, Kali ^d   Hyer, Kathryn ^a   Feng, Zhanlian ^d   Mor, Vincent ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; disaster; evacuation; hurricane; mortality; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS AND ACCIDENT RELATED PHENOMENA; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EVACUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; NURSING HOME;

EID: 84865627039     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317512454709     Document Type: Article

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