Potentially Unsafe Activities and Living Conditions of Older Adults with Dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1223-1232

  Amjad, Halima ^a   Roth, David L ^a,b,c   Samus, Quincy M ^a   Yasar, Sevil ^a,b   Wolff, Jennifer L ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; observational study; safety

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; EATING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PROXY; SELF REPORT; SHOPPING; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84975300002     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14164     Document Type: Article

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