Anxiety and stigma in dementia: A threat to aging in place

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 213-231

  Riley, Rebecca J ^a   Burgener, Sandy ^b   Buckwalter, Kathleen C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging in place; Early stage dementia; Late life anxiety; Older adults; Stigma

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANXIETY; DEMENTIA; EARLY-STAGE DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LATE-LIFE ANXIETY; OLDER ADULTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STEREOTYPING; STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

AGING IN PLACE; EARLY-STAGE DEMENTIA; LATE-LIFE ANXIETY; OLDER ADULTS; STIGMA;

AGING; ANXIETY; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900514532     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2014.02.008     Document Type: Review

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