Making care decisions in home-based dementia care: Why context matters

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-434

  St Amant, Oona ^a   Ward Griffin, Catherine ^a   DeForge, Ryan T ^a   Oudshoorn, Abe ^a   McWilliam, Carol ^a   Forbes, Dorothy ^b   Kloseck, Marita ^a   Hall, Jodi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Decision making; Dementia; Family relationships; Home care; Nursing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84871271120     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980812000396     Document Type: Article

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