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Filtering by: Subject Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Care Committee Member Bowman, Sally Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Residential placement of patients with dementia : relationship to care recipient and caregiver variables

Creator:

Coehlo, Deborah Padgett

Abstract:

The occurrence and timing of residential care of patients with dementia is impacted by several care recipient and caregiver variables. Previous research has shown a strong relationship among residential placement and marital status, cognitive decline, deterioration in functional abilities, and presence of behavior problems in the care recipient. Research on...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

that predicting when a patient with dementia will be admitted to residential care continues to be a