Family visits in shared-housing arrangements for residents with dementia - A cross-sectional study on the impact on residents' quality of life

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gräske, Johannes ^a   Meyer, Saskia ^a   Worch, Andreas ^a   Wolf Ostermann, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dementia care; Family involvement; Quality of life; Shared housing arrangements

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT VISITOR; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 84923855615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-015-0012-5     Document Type: Article

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