Priority for Elderly Persons With Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia on Waiting Lists for Placement in Nursing Homes in Japan: Do Nursing Homes Change Priorities Based on Their Own Guidelines?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 794-799

  Nakanishi, Miharu ^a   Hattori, Keiko ^a   Nakashima, Taeko ^a   Sawamura, Kanae ^a  

^a 11 Toyo Kaiji Bldg   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dementia; Japan; Nursing homes; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868370885     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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