Quality of life in people with cognitive impairment: Nursing homes versus home care

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 815-824

  Nikmat, Azlina Wati ^a   Al Mashoor, S Hassan ^a   Hashim, Nurul Azreen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

aging; Alzheimer's disease; community; institutional care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP SCALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RATING SCALE; SHORT MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VERY ELDERLY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84926370586     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610214002609     Document Type: Article

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