Quality of life (QoL) in community-dwelling and institutionalized Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 257-262

  León Salas, Beatriz ^a   Olazarán, Javier ^a,b   Cruz Orduña, Isabel ^a   Agüera Ortiz, Luis ^a   Dobato, José Luis ^a   Valentí Soler, Meritxell ^a   Muñiz, Ruben ^b   González Salvador, Ma Teresa ^c   Martínez Martín, Pablo ^a,d  

^a Unidad de Investigacion Proyecto Alzheimer   (Spain)

^b Maria Wolff Foundation   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavioral symptoms; Community; Dementia; Functional dependence; Nursing home; QoL; Severity of dementia

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL AREA;

BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; COMMUNITY; DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCE; NURSING HOME; QOL; SEVERITY OF DEMENTIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84881661273     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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