Managing identity in early-stage dementia: Maintaining a sense of being valued

Ageing and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 216-242

  Steeman, E ^a,b   Tournoy, J ^a   Grypdonck, M ^b   Godderis, J ^c   Dierckx De CasterleB ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

dementia; lived experience; qualitative methodology

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ELDERLY POPULATION; METHODOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84872040715     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X11001115     Document Type: Article

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