Living with stable MCI: Experiences among 17 individuals evaluated at a memory clinic

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 293-299

  Berg, Anne Ingeborg ^a,b   Wallin, Anders ^b   Nordlund, Arto ^b   Johansson, Boo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adjustment; heritability; mild cognitive impairment; stress; support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875408225     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2012.751582     Document Type: Article

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