Two views of problem behavior in dementia: The social worker as champion of the “self”

Journal of Social Work in Long Term Care

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-33

  Ronch, Judah L ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Dementia Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s; Person centered care; Problem behavior; Social worker

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023917330     PISSN: 15332624     EISSN: 15332632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J181v01n01_08     Document Type: Article

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