Future Nursing Home Design: An Important Component in Enhancing Quality of Life

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 227-229

  Morley, John E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOREXIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMENTIA; DYSPHORIA; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVACY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 84878014357     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.01.018     Document Type: Editorial

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