JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 327-331 , June 2008

Development of a Scale to Measure Quality of Visits With Relatives With Dementia

  • Ladislav Volicer, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
    • Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, E.N. Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital,Bedford, MA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Ladislav Volicer, MD, PhD, University of South Florida, School of Aging Studies, 337 Dekan Lane, Land O'Lakes, FL 34639.
    • ,
  • Laura DeRuvo, BA

      Affiliations

    • School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
    • ,
  • Kathryn Hyer, PhD, MPP

      Affiliations

    • School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
    • ,
  • Joanna Piechniczek-Buczek, MD

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, E.N. Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital,Bedford, MA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
    • ,
  • Mary Ellen Riordan, MSW

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, E.N. Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital,Bedford, MA

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 The authors have no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

PII: S1525-8610(08)00029-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.01.012

JAMDA
Volume 9, Issue 5 , Pages 327-331 , June 2008

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