The Concept of Missing Incidents in Persons with Dementia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Antecedents
3.1.1. Contextual Antecedents
3.1.2. Situational Antecedents
3.1.3. Neurocognitive Antecedents
3.2. Missing Incident
3.3. Consequences
3.3.1. Consequences to PWD
3.3.2. Consequences to Caregiver
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Rowe, M.; Houston, A.; Molinari, V.; Bulat, T.; Bowen, M.E.; Spring, H.; Mutolo, S.; McKenzie, B. The Concept of Missing Incidents in Persons with Dementia. Healthcare 2015, 3, 1121-1132. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare3041121
Rowe M, Houston A, Molinari V, Bulat T, Bowen ME, Spring H, Mutolo S, McKenzie B. The Concept of Missing Incidents in Persons with Dementia. Healthcare. 2015; 3(4):1121-1132. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare3041121
Chicago/Turabian StyleRowe, Meredeth, Amy Houston, Victor Molinari, Tatjana Bulat, Mary Elizabeth Bowen, Heather Spring, Sandra Mutolo, and Barbara McKenzie. 2015. "The Concept of Missing Incidents in Persons with Dementia" Healthcare 3, no. 4: 1121-1132. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare3041121
APA StyleRowe, M., Houston, A., Molinari, V., Bulat, T., Bowen, M. E., Spring, H., Mutolo, S., & McKenzie, B. (2015). The Concept of Missing Incidents in Persons with Dementia. Healthcare, 3(4), 1121-1132. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare3041121