Influencers on quality of life as reported by people living with dementia in long-term care: A descriptive exploratory approach

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Moyle, Wendy ^a,b   Fetherstonhaugh, Deirdre ^b,c   Greben, Melissa ^a   Beattie, Elizabeth ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Long term care; Qualitative research; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BENCHMARKING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BENCHMARKING; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84928381206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-015-0050-z     Document Type: Article

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