JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 7 , Pages 456-459 , September 2006

Day Care for Demented Elderly in a Dairy Farm Setting: Positive First Impressions

  • Jos M.G.A. Schols, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department Tranzo, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
    • Department of General Practrice, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
    • Vivre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Jos M.G.A. Schols, MD, PhD, Department Tranzo, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
    • ,
  • Conny van der Schriek-van Meel

      Affiliations

    • Care Farm “Enjoying Life,” Den Hout, The Netherlands
    • De Riethorst, Geertruidenberg, The Netherlands

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 Schols and van der Schriek-van Meel

PII: S1525-8610(06)00302-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.05.011

JAMDA
Volume 7, Issue 7 , Pages 456-459 , September 2006

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