Social-Professional Networks in Long-Term Care Settings With People With Dementia: An Approach to Better Care? A Systematic Review

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 183.e17-183.e27

  Mitchell, Janet I ^a,b   Long, Janet C ^c   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^d   Brodaty, Henry ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

BPSD; Dementia; Long term care; Social networks

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONVERSATION; COOPERATION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG PREFERENCE; FAMILY; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG TERM CARE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTIVATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCEDURAL MEMORY; RECALL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUPPORT GROUP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRUST; WORK ENVIRONMENT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959099284     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.11.015     Document Type: Review

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