## Abstract This study used computerโassisted realโtime data collection procedures to study temporal patterns of disruptive vocalization (DV) in demented nursing home residents. Residents (__N__โ=โ68) were observed from 8โa.m. to 8โp.m. and total mean duration of DV within hourly blocks was calcula
Factors affecting survival of elderly nursing home residents
โ Scribed by Mark C. Dale; Alistair Burns; Lindsay Panter; Julie Morris
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 90 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
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