Perceived stigma in persons with early-stage dementia: Longitudinal findings: Part 1

Dementia

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 589-608

  Burgener, Sandy C ^a   Buckwalter, Kathleen ^b   Perkhounkova, Yelena ^c   Liu, Megan F ^d   Riley, Rebecca ^e   Einhorn, Carol J ^f   Fitzsimmons, Suzanne ^g   Hahn Swanson, Carolyn ^h  

^a ILLINOIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^h SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; disease stage; living situation; person centered characteristics; stigma

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SHAME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SHAME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84942901002     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301213508399     Document Type: Article

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