A profile of identity in early-stage dementia and a comparison with healthy older people

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 319-327

  Caddell, Lisa S ^a   Clare, Linda ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging; Alzheimer's disease; personhood; self

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PERSONHOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PERSONHOOD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WALES;

EID: 84875406222     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2012.742489     Document Type: Article

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