The comparison of quality of life among people with mild dementia in nursing home and home care — A preliminary report

Dementia

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 114-125

  Nikmat, Azlina W ^a   Hawthorne, Graeme ^b   Al Mashoor, Syed H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Home care; Nursing homes; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84918820584     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301213494509     Document Type: Article

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