Shifting Patterns of Everyday Activity in Early Dementia: Experiences of Men and Their Families

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 348-374

  Phinney, Alison ^a   Dahlke, Sherry ^b   Purves, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

dementia; family identity; gender; personhood

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; CANADA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; PERSONHOOD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; FAMILY IDENTITY; GENDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; DEMENTIA; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; NARRATION; PERSONHOOD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPOUSES;

DEMENTIA; FAMILY IDENTITY; GENDER; PERSONHOOD;

EID: 84881161315     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840713486727     Document Type: Article

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