Reactions and interventions for delusions in nursing home residents with dementia

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 386-394

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a   Golander, Hava ^a   Arnheim, Giora ^b   Cohen, Rinat ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Sanatorium Gan Shalva Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; delusions; dementia; interventions; Israel; psychosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL PATHOLOGY IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE RATING SCALE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; COMPLICATION; DELUSIONS; NURSING; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DELUSIONS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 84906684576     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317514522850     Document Type: Article

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