Moving in: Adjustment of people living with dementia going into a nursing home and their families

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 867-876

  Sury, Laura ^a,b   Burns, Kim ^b,c   Brodaty, Henry ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

carers; dementia; nursing home; quality of life; residential facilities

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; GUILT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84876712667     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213000057     Document Type: Review

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