This article reports the findings of a prospective study of two residential units for elderly people with dementia: a community hospital ward (unit 1) providing an enhanced version of traditional hospital care and a scheme developed in partnership with a charity (unit 2) operating an explicit policy
A more ambitious vision for residential long-term care
β Scribed by Elaine Murphy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 177 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
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