## Abstract ## Objective To investigate nursing home residents with psychiatric diagnoses who wander and who are not diagnosed with dementia. ## Method A national crossβsectional study was conducted in a male Veterans Administration Nursing Home Care Unit population using a retrospective review
Difficulties with Psychiatric Research in Nursing Homes in Melbourne
β Scribed by Ajit Shah
- Book ID
- 111304438
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 479 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1440-6381
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