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Nursing research in geriatric mental health *
Author(s) -
Roberts Beverly L
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1990.tb01983.x
Subject(s) - nursing , gerontological nursing , mental health , mental health nursing , nursing research , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , nurse education
As the population of older people in the world increases, concerns about the health and delivery of health care to these elderly people become increasingly more important Geriatric mental health arose as a nursing speciality in response to this concern over the health of older adults This paper focuses on a review of nursing literature relevant to the mental and cognitive health of older adults Implications for current practice and future research are explored