Dementia special care units: A comparison with standard units regarding residents’ profile and care features

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2023-2031

  Crespo, María ^a   Hornillos, Carlos ^a   Gómez, M Mar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

dementia; long term care; nursing homes; special care units (SCU)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPAIN; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPAIN;

EID: 84904835475     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213001439     Document Type: Article

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